End of an Elmahrek
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After more than six years of holding the powerful accountable in Orange County, Adam Elmahrek is leaving for the Los Angeles Times.
Supervisor: Voice of OC Publisher ‘Coached’ Him On Register Correction Demand
Countywide
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Norberto Santana Jr. guided county Supervisor Todd Spitzer’s demands for a correction to an Orange County Register article that scrutinized the supervisor’s citizen’s arrest of a man last year, the county alleges in a court filing. Santana says the filing mischaracterizes the interaction.
How the OC Register’s Top Editor Bowed to Pressure From a Prominent Politician
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After the newspaper published an account of a bizarre citizen’s arrest by Supervisor Todd Sptizer, Spitzer convinced Editor-in-Chief Rob Curley to make a change to the article, without notifying readers, that conflicted with other accounts. A prominent media ethicist called Curley’s act an “unethical overreach.”
Latino Advocate Alleges OC Register Reporter Excluded Him From Ticket Tax Coverage
Anaheim
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Jose Moreno, president of Los Amigos Orange County and advocate for the city’s underserved neighborhoods, claims a Register reporter lied to him and kept his views on a pending Disneyland ticket tax proposal out of the newspaper’s coverage.