Press Play with Madeleine Brand
LAPD Misclassified Crimes, New L.A. Times CEO, Hawaii Politics
In one year, The LAPD misclassified more than a thousand violent crimes as minor offenses. Is the LAPD deliberately manipulating the crime stats to make the city look safer? And why don’t women get to direct more studio movies?
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenThe LAPD misclassified more than a thousand violent crimes as minor offenses, according to an LA Times investigation. Is the LAPD deliberately manipulating the crime stats? The LA Times has hired former L.A. deputy mayor Austin Beutner as CEO and publisher. In our weekly TV roundup: Shark Week, “The Knick,” and “Outlander.” Last year, only 15 of the 250 top-grossing movies were directed by women. What’s the deal? And, political storms are battering Hawaii.
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5 storiesLAPD Misclassifying Violent Crimes
In one year, the Los Angeles Police Department misclassified more than a thousand violent crimes -- like beatings, stabbings and robberies -- as minor offenses. That’s according to a new Los Angeles Times investigation. The paper found that the department rarely misclassified in the opposite direction -- in other words, from minor to serious.
Read the story9 minLA Times Gets a New Publisher & CEO
The LA Times announced a new CEO & Publisher to help turn the paper’s fortunes around. It’s Austin Beutner, the former investment banker and L.A. deputy mayor, who previously tried to buy the paper with Eli Broad. He’s now an employee -- albeit at the top of the masthead.
Read the story7 minTV Roundup
In our weekly TV roundup: Shark Week begins; Steven Soderbergh's first television series, “The Knick,” a Cinemax production starring Clive Owen, launched this weekend; as did “Outlander” on Starz.
Read the story10 minWhere are the Women Directors in Hollywood?
Last year, of the 250 top-grossing films at the domestic box office, only about 15 were directed by women. And only one woman has ever won an Oscar for Best Director. What’s the deal?
Read the story16 minUnprecedented Politics in Hawaii
Hawaii’s been battered by a number of storms lately. A couple of them were meteorological, but the others were political. The state’s governor - a 40-year political veteran - was trounced by a relative unknown in the democratic primary. And the candidate he picked to replace Daniel Inouye in the U.S.
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