Subject: Dana Parsons

• HAIDL & Parsons v Parsons at the LA Times

  "Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco Briseno handed down [six-year prison sentences] that made sense . . ." Los Angeles Times columnist Dana Parsons, March 12, 2006 Versus "I [have] argued against prison [for the Haidl 3 gang rapists] . . ." Parsons, Nov. 17, 2004 * * * "Two and a half years after the incident, the outrageousness of the boys' behavior remains, but the outrage subsides." Parsons, Feb. 4, 2005 Versus "She was penetrated with a Snapple bottle, a cigarette and a pool

  March 12, 2006

• Complete Haidl 3 Verdict Coverage

  Below is R. Scott Moxley's reporting on the verdict in the Haidl 3 rape case, as it appeared on The Blotter, with the most recent posts on top. For complete coverage of all aspects of the case, see the Weekly's Haidl Gang Rape Archive. March 19, 2006 LA Times v the Weekly on Haidl Rape Plea Filed under: Main — R. Scott Moxley @ 11:47 am If there ever was any doubt that LA Times columnist Dana Parsons is the laziest, most misinformed journalist in the Haidl

  March 12, 2006

• LA Times v the Weekly on Haidl Rape Plea

  If there ever was any doubt that LA Times columnist Dana Parsons is the laziest, most misinformed journalist in the Haidl Gang Rape saga, consider his new column. In the past, he's blamed OC District Attorney Tony Rackauckas (not the rapists or their lawyers) for torturing Jane Doe, the victim. He's alleged that the DA never considered a plea deal that would have saved Doe from testifying at the second trial. He's claimed prison would not be an appropriate punishment for the rapists and later, a

  March 19, 2006

• Decoding the Times' cry for help

  As R. Scott Moxley observes at the end of his dissection of Dana Parsons' attempt to slap a coat of whitewash on the lazy and error-filled reporting of the Haidl rape case Parsons has filled his L.A. Times column with, the Times has a new slogan for its Orange County advertising: Now More Than Ever. As Scott notes, it's a recycled slogan– Now More Than Ever was the slogan for Richard Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign. "The paper craves conservative readers," Scott explains. True, but I won

  March 20, 2006

• Moxley's Ochoa Trifecta

  Thanks to one intrepid reporter, the Weekly got mentioned in three different newspaper stories today. Oh, and someone got out of jail. And the DA looks stupid. And the cops. And a judge. Cool. Earlier today Paul Brennan expertly explained how the LA Times was almost exactly a year late in getting to the story of James Ochoa's wrongful imprisonment, a wrong righted by our own R. Scott Moxley. However, the Times is not alone in its negligence; today also marked the popping of the OC Register's O

  November 2, 2006

• Saturday's Headlines & Surprises

  Saddle Sores: Supervisor John Moorlach hasn't been in office long but he could be the most revolutionary county politician since . . . well . . . we haven't had any revolutionary politicians on the board of supervisors. On Friday, Moorlach announced plans to cut pension benefits retroactively for certain members of the Orange County sheriff's deputies union. He says the payments are an illegal gratuity of as much as $500 million in local taxpayer funds. Peggy Lowe at the Register posted two use

  July 21, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: OC Judge Slaps Guv

  Will a murder inmate defeat the Guv? Orange County Superior Court Judge Kazuharo Makino — a quiet, often-expressionless fellow who is married to a court reporter — ruled yesterday that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was wrong to deny parole to Delbert “Dale” Chrittenden. The inmate was found guilty of second-degree murder in 1988 and sentenced to 17 years to life in prison. In Makino's view, the Guv abused his discretion by ignoring Chrittenden's post-crime deeds as hailed by the often-

  August 16, 2007

• Tuesday's Headlines

  Wrong side of the Street: Everyone and his mother is nagging OC Treasurer Chriss Street to step down in the midst of federal and local probes. (C'mon, even temporarily? asks the LAT's Dana Parsons.) But nu-uh, no-way, no-how, Street told reporters yesterday, handing them a 3-inch-thick binder filled with "facts" he believes the media should be reporting to clear his name. Patrick Desmond, who ran against Street last year, is crossing his fingers. More Sanchez protests: Earlier in the month, six

  August 28, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Dana caught a wave!

  Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Orange County, it seems. This week singer Robert Barisford Brown—better known as Bobby Brown--filed suit against his wife, Whitney Houston, in OC Superior Court. His grievance? She won’t let him see his 14-year-old daughter. Why file in OC? Brown, 38, claims Houston, 44, moved here for her latest attempt at drug rehabilitation and is living large at his expense in some “posh” hotel. (Montage?!?!) Not sure how far the case will go. A judge has already given Hou

  August 30, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Fishy Rohrabacher

  Fishy Rohrabacher? The Huntington Beach Independent features a visit by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Skipped Vietnam Combat Duty) to Coatings Resource Corp., a local company owned by Edward Laird. Michael Alexander's story says that the Chinese had nabbed Laird's paint contract with Mattel Toys. The lead scandal prompts Laird to call the Chinese cheaters. Laird's not mad because he says his company is hoping to work with the Chinese to certify the paint they use for Mattel toys. All good to

  September 20, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines. No Surprises: Last of the Rat Pack

  Last of the Rat Pack: Newport Beach resident Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the Rat Pack, dies at 89. Coverage: Times, Register. Anti-Semitic UCI probe still on: Yesterday, the Daily Pilot reported that the Hillel Foundation of Orange County called off its investigation of racist activity at UC Irvine. Today, the DP's Joseph Serna reports that the task force the organization assigned to do the job was not consulted about dropping the probe. Task force chairman Jesse Rosenblum says he

  October 18, 2007

• Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: A Sanchez Cookbook!

  Police State: Politicians of both major political parties who are frightened by police unions have written laws that give police incredibly wide latitude to use force against citizens and keep their own wrongdoings secret. And, of course, police departments routinely grab even more power for themselves. Case in point: buried in a Los Angeles Times article this morning on police misconduct at a MacArthur Park immigration protest was a jewel straight out of a Philip K. Dick novel. In 1996, LAPD w

  October 27, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Carona Camp Says FBI Case "Trash"

  Hookers take cash too, Mikey: Dana Parsons writes today that “the good news for [indicted OC Sheriff Mike] Carona is that the government doesn’t always win.” But Parsons says the “bad news” for Calamity Mike is that the feds take their “sweet time putting public corruption cases together.” He interviewed former assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Greenberg who says his old office is cautious and thorough “in cases like this where you’re trying to take down the county sheriff.” The

  November 8, 2007

• Wake Up and Suck the Orange 1.31.08

  POORMAN SUES KDOC: LA Times - Dana Parsons covers the Poorman with typical dollops of smarminess. No genital warts mentioned whatsoever. I'd wax moronic but Luke Y. Thompson already covered this like a month ago (Exit Poorman, Feb. 3). So will he be a Richman? Do fiddlers play on roofs? DEBBIE #1 GETS A BREAK: OC Register - Deborah Carona, wife of former Sheriff Mike Carona, will not be charged with inappropriate behavior while a member of the Orange County Fair Board, although the prosecution

  January 31, 2008

• Arthur Carmona R.I.P.

  Arthur Carmona, the 16-year-old kid who was wrongfully arrested, prosecuted and convicted of robbing an Irvine juice shop ten years ago, is dead. Somebody--witnesses claim he was an angry guy who picked a fight at a trailer park party early Sunday morning in Santa Ana--rammed him with a pickup truck. Police found his body in the street and confiscated the truck. They opened a homicide investigation but haven't named a suspect yet. Sgt. Jose Gonzalez, a Santa Ana police spokesman, said he had n

  February 18, 2008

• Pedo File: Sid Landau

  Sid Landau admitted to sexually abusing ten kids during his child-molesting "career" (do they have vocational schools for that?), crimes for which he has served his time - that and then some. Yesterday saw the start of the third trial to determine whether or not the Orange County District Attorney's Office will release Landau to his sister's custody. Last arrested in 1999, Landau served the maximum time for his parole violation, but was transferred to Atascadero State Mental Hospital rather than

  March 18, 2008

• Fighting Cox

  November 18, 1999

• Letters

  December 30, 1999

• Diary of a Mad County

  February 7, 2002

• Letters

  July 22, 2004

• Times Columnist Dana Parsons Bids Farewell

  If you've been following the self-destruction of the LA Times throughout the past year or so, you probably know that next week, the paper is killing off its "California" section, the paper's increasingly anemic attempt to convince readers it actually cares about local news.As its name suggests, the California section really just combined a few local stories with state budget coverage from Sacramento and assorted briefs from flyover country. Years ago, the California section was called "Metro," a

  February 27, 2009

• It's a Quick Read: Silver 25 Edition

  UPDATED! Orange County Register: The first Orange County Starbucks targeted for closure is (drum roll, please) . . . the one at 24502 Del Prado, Dana Point. . . . Based on the photo that pops up (and out!) when you open this, a flotation device turned out for The Real Housewives of Orange County casting call at South Coast Plaza. . . . Cypress cops Tasered a dude about to take a pool cue to a convicted drug dealer. . . . Sheriff's investigators believe they are zeroi

  April 3, 2009

• Did Crimes Kamran Mashayekhi Witnessed Put His Life in Danger?

  February 21, 2008

• The Kid Is Dead: Arthur Carmona, 1982-2008

  February 21, 2008

• Justice Takes a Pool Cue

  Assistant sheriff, OC dailies miss the irony as Haidl 3 elude conviction

  July 1, 2004

• The Good Mother

  May 6, 2004

• 4: Porkalicious Achievement in Politics and Media

  October 26, 2000

• Diary of a Mad County

  September 7, 2006

• Hatesville, USA

  July 20, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 16, 2006

• 'People Would Go Crazy'

  March 9, 2006

• Blood on the Water

  April 28, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 31, 2005

• Easter Vacation

  March 31, 2005

• Diary of A Mad Year

  2004 regurgitated

  December 30, 2004

• Justice Takes a Pool Cue

  UPDATED: Assistant sheriff, OC dailies miss the irony as Haidl Three elude conviction

  July 8, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  May 27, 2004

• Journalists Who Kiss Ass

  June 13, 2002

• Judicial Whopper

  May 23, 2002

• Keep Your Enemies Closer

  March 7, 2002

• Not Just a Moron

  October 4, 2001

• See No Evil Republicans

  May 10, 2001

• The Kid is Free!

  August 31, 2000

• The New New World Order

  December 16, 1999

• The Kid Is Gone

  December 2, 1999

• The Kid Is Innocent

  September 23, 1999

• Superpower Like Us

  July 8, 1999

• Danas Point

  May 27, 1999

• Take Me Online to the Ballgame

  October 15, 1998

• This Memorial Weekend Brought Us Gross Waters and Bland Cops

  What did you miss by turning off the Internet and getting a sunburn this weekend? John Gilhooley / OCWDid Sandra piss off some more republicans this weekend?Honestly, not a lot. Something happened with North Korea, yeah. But in Orange County? Fluff fluff and fluff. Here's your recommended reading from OC's media world from the past three days:The Reg has your omnibus Memorial Day ceremonies story. I liked the one with the Chapman prof dressing up like Dwight Eisenhower.Dana Parsons of the Los An

  May 26, 2009