Kinsley preaches to the crowd
I went to a forum Tuesday night featuring Michael Kinsley, the founding editor of Slate and the new editorial/opinion editor for the Los Angeles Times. Some of you might also remember him from his role opposite Pat Buchanan and Robert Novak on CNN’s Crossfire. Kinsley, in conversation with KPCC Radio’s Larry Mantle, shined some light on his new role and his plans for the Times’ opinion pages.
He described his vision of the op-ed page as a place to balance the views expressed by the newspaper in its editorials. So, if the editorial page leans left (as most would suggest the Times’ does), the op-ed page, Kinsley suggested, should move to the right to counter it. It’s an interesting idea, but it didn’t seem to resonate with the overwhelmingly liberal audience (a mention of conservative Times cartoonist Michael Ramirez brought hisses and jeers from the 300 or so people in attendance).