Does the Los Angeles Times get some of its news from MSNBC? As NB's Ken Shepherd wrote yesterday (Tue. 9/11/07, here), MSNBC reported on some harsh and offensive remarks from comedienne Kathy Griffin. Griffin spewed the words during an acceptance speech set to air on an awards show this weekend. (Read the story here.) Yet when they reported the story, MSNBC left out the most inflammatory words that Griffin voiced. And if you picked up today's LA Times (Wed. 9/12/07), the paper did the exact same thing.

The Times's story quoted the exact same words that MSNBC did. And like MSNBC, they made no reference to Griffin's most offensive words of her speech: "Suck it, Jesus. This award is my God now."

In their short "Quick Take" piece, the Times also quoted Dr. Bill Donahue of the Catholic League, who said Griffin's remarks were a "vulgar, in-your-face brand of hate speech." But without citing Griffin's most offensive words, Donahue's reaction seems somewhat "over the top." Did the Times set out to make Dr. Donahue look bad?

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