According to a court filing by the Los Angeles Times, the secret origin of my firing last summer was a secret meeting between the chief of police of Los Angeles, Charlie Beck, and the publisher at the time, a billionaire named Austin Beutner who had political ambitions. Beck gave Beutner an audio recording full of noise and static that purported to show that I had lied about an incident that I had written about. Later on of course, I was able to have the recording analyzed and it showed that I had been telling the truth. This cartoon shows how that meeting would have gone had the publisher adhered to basic journalistic principles.
Charlie Beck Loves Austin Beutner
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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Rules are made for only the “other” people to follow. 🙁
Male bonding ?…
Henri
But you must admit, Ted, that this being the LAPD, your encounter could have gone much worse….
Henri