A judicial panel, reviewing charges of impropriety based on assertions of a disgruntled litigant hostile to Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, has rendered its decision as to the judge’s conduct. At issue were some off color items on the judge’s private computer, that were not intended to be accessible by outsiders but which the accuser somehow accessed and publicized. Judge Kozinski immeditely blocked access to that site. The judicial committee dismissed the complaint, though it observed that Judge Kozinski exhibited poor judgment.
Here is how the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times headlined that decision.
The New York times headlined the story thus: California Judge Is Cleared of Wrongdoing, NY Times, July 3, 2009, at p. A16, reported as an In Brief news item.
But if you read the Los Angeles Times, the headline (front-page, natch) says: Alex Kozinski admonished for raunchy Internet file, L.A. Times, July 3, 2009, at p. A1.
So as the New Yorker magazine used to put it: Which Times do you believe?