Sunday's edition of the LAT included a spadea announcing a shuffling of newspaper parts and a reorganization of the whole. On the front, a statement by editor Russ Stanton tried to sell the changes to readers. In the first sentence of that statement, curiously repeated in a side bar, Stanton said the LAT needs to satisfy online and other readers of the newspaper by delivering "news and other information that is unique, far-reaching and indispensable."
All media outlets report the same news, more or less. The LAT is unlikely to provide news that is unique unless they make it up. "Far-reaching" is a nebulous term that means whatever one wants it to mean. Not much news is "indispensable" and besides it has a short shelf life. Rather than aim at providing news that is "unique, far-reaching and indispensable" the LAT would do well to offer news that is timely, accurate and balanced.
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