A comment about the LA Times pathetic attempt to sell newspapers with the Manson picture.

[Joanne98]

I had to post this because this guy calls them the LA Crimes. LOL
As we watch the newspapers die in this country, let this be exhibit one of the poison that's killed the press.

Like the Wall Street money addicts, smoking up the country's wealth, the so-called forth estate has been addicted to the easy reporting. The "if it bleeds it leads" follow the scanner yellow journalism crime fix that now has them in shambles unable to do anything now but whither away.

The picture of Manson will be a shot in the arm for a couple of months then they'll be back in the ICU with nothing to do but look at old Britney pictures and suffer.

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Posted by: Clayton Thomas | March 19, 2009 at 02:53 PM

It is widely reported elsewhere that this photo was obtained by LATimes after registering a request to obtain any and all periodic updated photos of the murderer Charles Manson. Interesting that the reporter on this article omits that specific source and it must be the basic journalistic integrity that seems to be serving the LATimes so well lately - NOT!!

I also take issue with the caption box posting the comment by a blogger named MajorAdamHenry as it suggests a level of sympathy for this unfortunate creature. Most of the posts are clearly unsympathetic towards Manson, as is the majority of the law abiding population. To highlight a comment from an individual who appears to be self righteous in his claims of having resuscitated Manson is the ultimate in propaganda and shows the incompetence that exists at LACrimes serving only to promote personal agendas.

I would like to curse openly and loudly at MajorAdamHenry for his failure to recognize his ethical violations in treating Manson and determining that his personal observances within the confines of a prison system and the resignation of an ill man do NOT subvert the legally binding outcome of a jury of Manson's peers. Isn't medical information a private matter? Manson is a convicted felon first, plain and simple. If MajorAdamHenry wants to consider him a lovely past patient for a short stretch of time, so be it but don't try and push that feel good story on the rest of us. As a society, we are committed to upholding the decisions of the court based upon the evidence - not the short and very limited observations of a medical worker confined to a specific detail or ailment. Wild stories are just that, facts are a whole different ballgame with rules and obligations to be upheld.
Disgusting LATimes, promoting this photo to gain profits and hits. How many subscriptions does the Times sell to the prison systems? Maybe they realize just how far they've fallen with this photo.

Posted by: Feeling That | March 19, 2009 at 01:29 PM

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/03/aging-charles-m.html

And I'd like to add that Charlie didn't even show up for his parole hearing. He never does. Something that the LA crimes forgot to add. But I guess they musta forgot. lol