Doyle McManus and News Analysis

Today's LAT has a piece on the front page by Doyle McManus labeled "News Analysis." The point of the piece is (blank), its based on (blank) and it contains the following new information: (blank). Fill in the blanks. As a suggestion, try "unknown," "unknown" and "none."

McManus included a few quotes, which is better than not including quotes. He said "polls show" without identifying which polls he had in mind. He painted Republicans as lost or losers and Democrats as plausible winners and right on most issues.

McManus and the LAT need to do better. Being in the news business implies you have a duty to report the news -- unbiased and objectively.