After more than six years of holding the powerful accountable in Orange County, Adam Elmahrek is leaving for the Los Angeles Times.
Tag: Rob Curley
Posted inCountywide, Government, Inside the Newsroom, Investigative
Supervisor: Voice of OC Publisher ‘Coached’ Him On Register Correction Demand
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.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
How the OC Register’s Top Editor Bowed to Pressure From a Prominent Politician
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.”
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
Latino Advocate Alleges OC Register Reporter Excluded Him From Ticket Tax Coverage
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.
