LA Times Editors Reject Budget Cuts

A second Los Angeles Times editor has lost his job because he refused budget cuts.

Reportedly James O'Shea was terminated after rejecting an order from publisher David D. Hiller to reduce the newsroom budget by $4 million.

Having been in similar positions on several occasions, albeit on a much reduced scale at a much-lesser known media outlet, I believe I understand the sacrifices editors must make when faced with personnel and investment reductions.

I never found the courage O'Shea (or his predecessor Dean Baquet) demonstrated, nor am I convinced rejecting the budget cuts I was presented would have been appropriate (strong arguments can be made that adjustments were required). But I certainly respect their efforts to stand up for their convictions.