Rumsfeld is invited to guest-edit L.A. Times opinion section

[Newsjock]

Source: Deadline Hollywood Daily

It's no longer Grazergate; it's now Rumsfeldgate at the Los Angeles Times. I'm told that Donald Rumsfeld was asked to guest-edit the newspaper's "Current" opinion section which appears on Sundays. The ex-Defense Secretary is a long-time personal and professional friend of LA Times publisher David Hiller, who supervises the paper's editorial, Op-Ed and opinion pages. Rumsfeld also has strong ties to the LA Times' parent company since he was a member of Tribune Co.'s board of directors for years. Sources tell me that Rumsfeld's selection was suggested and approved by Hiller.

... There has been no word as to whether the guest-edit program, or Rumsfeld's participation in it, has been stopped. So far, the LA Times newsroom which so bitterly opposed Grazer's selection has not protested Rumsfeld's even though they know that his name was in the mix. The paper's own media reporter Jim Rainey wrote that "Martinez hoped that former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and retired Lakers star Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, among others, would edit future sections". Nor did Rainey mention Hiller's longtime friendship or Tribune Co.'s longtime ties to the former Pentagon chief. But two different sources told me about Rumsfeld's selection for the guest editor program and said Hiller both suggested it and approved it.

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