TheLos Angeles Timescame weather-wrapped Thursday morning.
There was more plastic than paper, or so it seemed.
Details about Chucks passing have been sparse he is said to have requested no postmortem attention.
A view of the Los Angeles Times offices in El SegundoAaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
But theTimesdid manage to print a brief, paid death notice for three days running.
He later said that a humiliating Page 1 apology and retraction in theTimeswas overblown and inaccurate.
Another good journalist gone.
It never quite got there, though sometimes it was awfully close.
But when they delivered, they delivered with a vengeance.
For sheer volume of prose, no one could beat the late Chandler-eraLos Angeles Times.
It wasnt like that at theWall Street Journal.
He hired Nikki Finke.
To make a long story short, things didnt work out.
Some of us, including Shelby, moved on.
Believe me, that isnt easy.
I cant say that I read it.
