My reaction to Rush Limbaugh's comment that he mistook Mayor Villaraigosa as a "shoeshine guy" is not based on partisanship. It is based on my being tired of the media's Latino rules.
Portfolio.com Mixed Media | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media
Hey, you know what's a riot? Comparing one of the country's foremost Latino politicians to "a shoeshine guy" because of his race. In a segment about ...
Los Angeles Magazine | Shawn Hubler | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
In Their May issue, Los Angeles Magazine has an exclusive interview with former local television reporter Mirthala Salinas, who went from anchoring on...
LA Observed | Kevin Roderick | Posted 02.20.2008 | Media
LA Observed's Kevin Roderick reports: The onetime rising star at Telemundo whose career burned up in the wreckage of an affair with Mayor Antonio Vill...
Jeff Chang | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
The reason Hillary won is because the Latino and Asian American votes remain emergent, not yet insurgent. Emergent voting blocs respond to leaders in their community.
4029tv | Posted 11.24.2007 | Politics
The mayor of an Arkansas town resigned on Wednesday, claiming he was abducted and brainwashed by Satan worshippers nearly three decades ago. Centerto...
Los Angeles Times | David Zahniser | Posted 11.24.2007 | Politics
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and television news reporter Mirthala Salinas have ended their romantic relationship, two sources familiar with the situati...
AP | SOLVEJ SCHOU | Posted 11.21.2007 | Entertainment
Kirk Douglas, Harrison Ford and other celebrities shared the Thanksgiving spirit Wednesday by serving hot meals to homeless people on Skid Row. Weari...
Los Angeles Times | Meg James and Duke Helfand | Posted 10.01.2007 | Media
Los Angeles television newscaster Mirthala Salinas, whose affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa prompted her transfer to Riverside, failed to show up...
Los Angeles Times | Duke Helfand and Meg James | Posted 09.24.2007 | Media
Newscaster Mirthala Salinas, who was suspended without pay for two months in August after her affair with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa becam...
AP | SOLVEJ SCHOU | Posted 09.17.2007 | Entertainment
The biggest star of the Emmy afterparties wasn't the cast of "The Sopranos" or a cigar-chomping Jeremy Piven. It was Kanye West. The 29-year-old rapp...
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Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media