Liberal columnist axed at LA Times

beginning wednesday, robert scheer's column will move to the huffington post...

On Friday I was fired as a columnist by the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, where I have worked for thirty years. The publisher, Jeff Johnson, who has offered not a word of explanation to me, has privately told people that he hated every word that I wrote. I assume that mostly refers to my exposing the lies used by President Bush to justify the invasion of Iraq.

Fortunately sixty percent of Americans now get the point, but only after tens of thousand of Americans and Iraqis have been killed and maimed as the carnage spirals out of control. My only regret is that my pen was not sharper and my words tougher.

just another sign that blogs may well be the last stand for truth and free expression, at least until bush figures out a way to strangle the internet and silence them as well...

smooth move, arianna, you filthy rich, well-connected, l.a. diva, you...

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