Los Angeles Times Apologizes For Tupac Story, Editor Says ‘Our Bad’

Paper Says It Regrets Implicating Sean Combs and Is Worried About Loss of Street Cred

The Los Angeles Times retracted last week’s story that Sean “Diddy, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy” Combs was linked to the death of Tupac “2Pac, Makaveli” Shakur.

Editor Russ “Volvo, Montessori” Stanton said, “We apologize both to our readers and to those referenced in the documents … and in the story.” Stanton further added he hoped this would end the controversy and “no one would drive by and bust a cap in my ass … or whatever the street slang is for shooting at me.”

The Pulitzer-prize winning reporter who wrote the story, Chuck “401-K, Microbrew Craft Beer” Philips and his supervisor, Deputy Managing Editor Marc “We’re Going to Re-do Our Kitchen, These Are My Children Kaitlynn and Bradley” Duvoisin, also apologized.

Media analysts say it remains to be seen if the paper can regain its street cred with the hard-core latte-drinkers and environmentalists who make up the bulk of its readership.

MSNBC reports “the story and related features on latimes.com attracted nearly 1 million hits — more viewers than any other story on latimes.com this year..”

As a result, a spokesperson for the LA Times hinted that readers could look forward to more hard-hitting rap journalism and said the paper is working on two upcoming series, “The Sinister Message Behind Young MC’s Lyrics” and “Whatever Happened to Kid ‘n’ Play?”

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Like Johnny Kemp said, the LA Times just got paid…
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