Over the weekend, there was a parting of the ways between The Times and former editor James O’Shea.

In a defiant speech delivered in the newsroom, O’Shea, 64, complained about what he called the “pervasive culture of defeat” manifested by repeated cutbacks in newsroom spending across the country. He attacked Tribune’s budgeting process for its reliance on “voodoo economics,” saying that “journalists and not accountants should seize responsibility for the financial health of our newspapers.

I don’t know much about the internal politics of the decision so I won’t even try to speculate. One thing that amazes me though is the way that other parts of the LA media got inside information so quickly.

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