http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla...g-the-mag.html

I wanted to get at the truth regarding the false allegeation that the LA Times fathered the Magic Negro

The LA Times is not the father of the " the phrase "magic Negro" didn't originate with the Los Angeles Times staff. It appears to have been used first in writer David Ehrenstein's Op-Ed about Barack Obama in March 2007, and I think he would be mortified to be considered one of the Times' "own." Op-Eds (the bylined ones on the right-hand page) do not express the views of the Times. "

David Ehrenstein is a BY-LINE Op ED'er and any many papers have both Liberal and Conservative by-lne OP-ED'ers. Therefore it is false to to blame the particular newspaper for the opinions of it's by-liners since they are not part of the staff.

It would be just as wong to blame your local radio station for the stupid things that Rush Limbaugh says, does, or for his drug addiction.