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LA Observed: Eater LA assailed over blind post
Squid Ink: Eater LA Gets Bitten by Potentially Libelous Post
Eating L.A.: In the news: Must Bar blog controversy, Julie & Julia and sour beer
LAist: Downtown Wine Bar Threatens Blog with Lawsuit
Eater LA: The Matter of The Must: Owners' Response & Our Apology
Eater LA assailed over blind post
LA Observed —
... against Downtown wine bar The Must attributed to an unidentified "tipster." The owners, talking to LAT blog The Daily Dish , call the accusations "completely false," demand the post be stricken and raise the possibility of legal action. Eater LA says, so far, "We've offered them the chance to respond here, with the response of their choice reprinted in full with no editing, but so far, they've demurred. Further updates as events warrant."
Eater LA Gets Bitten by Potentially Libelous Post
Squid Ink —
... Comments quickly followed, 67 as of this post, and 50 in the first few hours after the piece went up. Many of the comments questioned the anonymity of the tip and the apparent lack of confirmation of the charges. Among the comments was one from Rachel Thomas, co-owner of The Must, threatening legal action. As reported in Daily Dish, Thomas says that Eater "wouldn't recant anything or make a formal apology," although they did offer to post Thomas' side of the story, "with no editing." (No detectable irony there.) ...
In the news: Must Bar blog controversy, Julie & Julia and sour beer
Eating L.A. —
[image] Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Stanley Tucci as her hubby in "Julie & Julia." Been asleep the last 24 hours? Latest mini-controversy in L.A. food world has EaterLA posting a rather inflammatory email from a tipster about Downtown's Must Wine Bar , Daily Dish following up and now LAObserved posting a response from an actual lawyer . While it's nice to know that blogs are probably legally allowed to post things from a third party, it would also be nice to think that bloggers might think twice before endangering small local businesses. ...
Downtown Wine Bar Threatens Blog with Lawsuit
LAist —
... was using generic foods and charging high prices, the tipster asserted, adding possible health code violations. The LA Times' Daily Dish blog quickly jumped on to the story, interviewing the owners and finding that their thinking about legal action. But Ben Sheffner at Copyrights & Campaigns ...
The Matter of The Must: Owners' Response & Our Apology
Eater LA —
... However this in no way shape or form gives this publication the right to post these fabricated “tips” without ANY intention of verifying these allegations. Eater LA did not make any effort to contact us, which leads us to believe that both Eater LA and Kat Odell lack in basic journalistic ethics and codes of conduct. Elina Shatkin called us after hearing about the Eater LA post and, with us, reviewed the allegations, one at a time, asking us which, if any, were true. Here is the link to the LA Times blog providing our side of the story. As previously stated, we ...
Eater LA apologizes
LA Observed —
... : Eater LA did not make any effort to contact us, which leads us to believe that both Eater LA and Kat Odell lack in basic journalistic ethics and codes of conduct. Elina Shatkin [of the L.A. Times] called us after hearing about the Eater LA post and, with us, reviewed the allegations, one at a time, asking us which, if any, were true. Here is the link to the LA Times blog providing our side of the story . As previously stated, we are APPALLED at Eater LA for such a posting and would like nothing more to do with them or any affiliated sites. We love our customers and know ...
