Breakballs!
Game Over, Breakballs!
We at the Sister City are not going to gloat at the news that KCBS / KCAL Political Director Linda Breakstone got the heave-ho recently from management. Gloating would be inappropriate. Dancing, screaming, and perhaps arranging an impromptu fireworks display to celebrate the news – now, that’s more like it.
Not only did Breakstone live for the sensational set-up story -- refusing to ever let facts get in the way of a good angle -- but she used her position at the 3rd highest rated television station in the nation’s 2nd largest market to exact petty revenge. She was biased. She was vindictive. At times, she seemed a little crazy.
So it’s off to the hot tub in Malibu. But at least Linda will have lots of time to play with her dogs, Budweiser and Superboy. And lots of time to spend her husband’s $2.27 million payout that he received a few years ago. And should she want to get back in the business, there’s always KTLA.
But because we have a heart, we will give Breakstone the Sister City editing award – no one, and we mean no one in the biz could slice and dice her package as quickly as Breakstone. That’s how we’ll remember her – leaning into her news van in a parking lot, inappropriately short clothing somewhat askew, cigarette dangling from her lips, yelling at her cameraman to finish setting up the live shot, and madly fast-forwarding through her tape to find the best way to screw today’s victim.
First spotted at LA Observed
Posted by Anonymous @ 8/24/2005 02:42:00 PM
80 Comments:
Good job, Chief. Always ahead of the curve
Breakstone was truly a ballsbreaker. I will fondly rememeber the stench of cigarette smoke that followed her around. Here's to you Linda!
How is she any more vindictive and sneaky than the asshole who sits in the 3rd Floor office at City Hall.
I love Linda Breakstone. Who cares if she wore inappropriately short skirts? Most newscasters don't even get their skirts seen. Who cares if she smokes as long as she doesn't do in the room with me.
What vindictive thing did she ever do?
Linda Breakstone is as worse as Laurel Erickson at NBC4. That's one hard ass journalist too.
Chief Parker,
You don't even mention any examples of her alleged bias, so how should we take your opinion seriously?
And I thought you were describing yourself (Chief Parker) on this thread...fooled me.
Did Av get her fired for making a fool out of him at all those press conferences? I think he did. He has the biggest bat right now, but not physically.
Linda had more balls then the men in tv reporting. She would go after those hard questions and confront them on it right in their face. Someone will pick her up.
^Yeah UPN 13 News (Smiles)
Linda is a MILF!
"Did Av get her fired for making a fool out of him at all those press conferences? I think he did."
Of course, the miserable little prick did. Why do you think they are calling her "breakballs". She actually did that style of reporting to BOTH sides. Only doing it to one side is where journalism loses it's credability. Lesser reporters do this every day, by spinning people moving away the camera when it's obvious that they asked enough questions and didn't get the answer they were looking for.
AV and Chilletas (A. Padilla) cannot handle the Media when the hard questions hit them in the face.
Sad day let go of talent for only doing their job...what do they want SISSY REPORTERS!
I agree with the MILF comment...WOOF.
So, Chief, why does she have this reputation? Care to give us facts?
She always seemed boozed up to me.
who let the chihuahua loose?
Chief - you're a genius - once again a real scoop and a hit-the-nail-on-the-head description of perhaps the most biased (and we enjoy mean-spirtied if it is equally doled out) reporter to walk an LA beat.
Linda isn't a MILF. If anything she is a GILF. A GRANDMA ILF....
Chief once again beats everyone else to the punch - keep at it.
Once again, the Chief comes through with a Big Break!
The Chief rocks. Someone should give that guy his own blog!
Stop commenting as anon chief...blatant ego problem. you sound like villaraigosa.
So all we have left in LA political reporting now is Dave Bryan at KCAL/KCBS, Laurel Erickson and Conan Nolan at NBC 4, John North at ABC7 and John Schwata at KTTV 11. Schwata, North and Erickson will give you hell if you mess with them.
The only fakers are the pachecoistas who don't know that the Chief is that real thing...go Cheif
We're gonna miss you Linda...seriously
Okay, she's a GILF. She's a hottie. I'm moving to where she's moving.
Hail to the Chief - you rock
gilf? milf? stop taking drugs
Wow if you think Breakstone is hot then you must not get out that much.
Chief - I know who you are - you are a reporter for the LA Times - I have evidence which I will reveal shortly - strap on your seatbelt.
Faker - I can't believe you - you still can't back up the 80 neighborhood watches - you continue to bash Nick Pacheco - FAKER, FAKER, FAKER, FAKER, FAKER
Is it me or do the organizers of the blog keep adding new topics to stop conversations on topics of interest, not their's of course.
hmmmm...a reporter for the LA Times? What, do you think Patrick McGreevy or Steve Hymon is Chief Parker? I think you may want to strap something else on
I hope it is not Frank Del Olmo from the grave coming back to fuck with Latinos.
That guy was an ass!
I think its just you 4:52
What can I say, I find women in their 40s and 50s much more attractive than women in the 30s and 20s (generally speaking of course).
Linda, you are a GILF, MILF....you rock.
4:42 LET US IN ON THE TRUTH AND PUT A STOP TO THE FAKER
tell it to the breeze, i'm sure they would like to fuck with the times
Breakstone is finally gone - LA is the better for it - she gave bad reporting a bad name
leave the chief alone - who cares if the chief is latimes or whoever - i like the posts - keep them comming
Linda Breakstone
Sept 1994 - Aug 2005
RIP
Linda Breakstone
Sept 1994 - Aug 2005
BIH
chief chief chief...i dont like u...but gotta hand it to you...you are good...thats why tony villar won...hate to say it but he had smart people like you on his side
The words that describe Linda Breakstone are: vindictive, petty, viscious and stupid...glad to see her finall go...the rest of the tv news people are respectable pros
maybe they finally figured out that she was causing them to lose viewership cant say im sad to see breakstone go
"She was biased. She was vindictive. At times, she seemed a little crazy."
Damn, now the truth is out, Chief Faker is a male (presumably) Linda Breakballs.
When it comes to protecting little Antonio and his under-achieving, Uber-kinder, this is Faker to a T!
Ever notice that Chief Parker's "Scoops" are of SO LITTLE CONSEQUENCE to anything of any importance to the city of L.A. that no real media would ever bother sending someone to cover.
You're a media rat, Parker -- smaller than a rat, a "shrew" -- poking toothpicks at major media because they're the "3rd place network" -- writing hate mail from the bowels of the the city's "99th Blog."
Poor baby!
For such a minor playor, "BREAK BALLS" sure had "NO BALLS" Antonio running for the mens room (and out the back entrance) to avoid having to answer any specific questions -- and probably see if he would even find his gonads in there.
THAT's why Faker hated Linda -- she have the BALLS to ask Antonio to explain his vague, amorphous campaign shit.
Tough words, Parker, from a anony-hack that couldn't get job writing obits for the Glendale News Press, let along a paying gig in real media.
Parker obviously has a bad case of microphone envy. (Keep flashing your penlight around though, Parker)... you may find your way to credibility, yet.
ANTONIO accepts the endorsement, brings up the City Hall ethics probes, promises to build a biomedical center on the Eastside, then repeats the gist of his statement in Spanish for TV cameras. He then opens it up to questions from the assembled media. LAUREL Erickson of Channel 4 and LINDA Breakstone of Channel 2 go first and ask about drug dealer Carlos Vignali. ANTONIO starts his stock answer about Hahn's term being "the most investigated in city history, since the 1930s..."
LAUREL
Councilman, I asked you a direct question...
LINDA
Councilman, what about...!
Campaign press secretary Nathan James steps in, cuts off questions, and hustles ANTONIO off the set and out a side door.
CUT TO:
Assembled SCRIBES looking at each other.
SCRIBES
(mouthing the words)
What was that?
Puzzled SCRIBES trudge toward parking lot, making mental notes to do more digging -- if ANTONIO runs away, might there be something more down the Vignali well?
Villaraigosa fathered his first two children. He was 21 and had known the mother of his first daughter for just six weeks before she became pregnant. He was 25 when his second daughter was born to another woman.
After a fight during his 24th birthday celebration at a Wilshire Boulevard restaurant, Villaraigosa was arrested on suspicion of assault. He told a jury he had been defending his mother and sister against an abusive patron; he was acquitted.
But the rising star had also committed an indiscretion that would cost him dearly. He had an affair that became the talk of the Eastside political elite. His wife filed for divorce just one day after he won his first election.
The infidelity cost Villaraigosa the friendship of Molina, among others. Two years later, Corina Villaraigosa took her husband back, but Molina continues to keep her distance.
Linda Breakstone once said that Frank had become obsessed with finding a Latina wife. I guess Linda qualified, being that her maiden name was Bustamante. You can talk to Latino pyschologists, some of whom will tell you that Latinos who marry non-Latinos ultimately wind up looking for the Latina wife out of guilt or whatever.
L.A.'s New Police Commissioner Can't Be Trusted; Black Minister Calls for the Removal of John Mack as L.A. Police Commissioner
About 200 mostly Black and Hispanic activists led by members of the Nation of Islam interrupted the meeting, shouting "No justice, no peace." Rev. Peterson said: "Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made a grave mistake by appointing John Mack as president of the L.A. Police Commission. Mack cares more about the rights of criminals than that of law-abiding citizens and police officers. The criminal element in this city now has a voice in setting LAPD policy."
Activists threatened civil unrest if Stephen Garcia—the officer who fired the shots that killed Devin Brown is not relieved of his duties. Mayor Villaraigosa sat and listened in the audience and reportedly did nothing to stop the chaos.
Rev. Peterson said: "It's a sad day in Los Angeles when a bunch of thugs are allowed to take over a police commissioners meeting and threaten to burn down the city. John Mack is the wrong man for the job and should be removed from his position immediately."
The Weekly shadowed Nuñez earlier this summer to get a bead on this little-known politician who has emerged as one of the most important figures of post-recall California, at one point catching up with him right after a very contentious encounter with the Terminator. Nuñez, mindful of risks for Democrats and widespread disdain for both the Legislature and the governorship, was in the Governor’s Office to negotiate an end to the special-election showdown. At one point, Nuñez decided to confer privately with his colleague, state Senate President Don Perata, outside the governor’s earshot. So they stepped out of the room and left Schwarzenegger cooling his heels, a tactic that he was not used to in his Hollywood heyday and distinctly does not enjoy.
They returned after about a half-hour to resume talks about the November 8 election. Schwarzenegger made a crack about the former labor official Nuñez checking in with “union bosses.” Nuñez took offense, saying he didn’t have to listen to that kind of “bullshit,” and he and Perata stormed out. As they did, Schwarzenegger called after them: “You are dismissed.”
Fabian Nunez
His background draws fire from California Republican Party communications director Karen Hanretty. “Editorials call him ‘labor’s chief lobbyist’ in the Capitol,” she notes. “He told the electrical workers union, ‘I am your shop steward in Sacramento.’ He supplements his hundred-thousand-plus state income with $35,000 a year from a labor foundation. His political consultant is the unions’ political consultant. Tell me he is not in Big Labor’s pocket.”
JOSE HAS ISSUES (finally). . .
But still no "record" -- oh well, we're only halfway to the primary vote. There's time!
José Huizar - Fighting for Reform in the LA School District
Elected to serve our community on the Los Angeles School Board in 2001, José Huizar took on the failing downtown bureaucracy and fought for better and safer schools, stronger fiscal accountability, greater opportunities and educational justice for our children.
* Huizar forced the school district to raise academic standards and make college preparatory classes available for all children.
* Huizar fought to build new schools to relieve overcrowding in our neighborhood for the first time in over 20 years.
* Huizar demanded that highly qualified teachers were assigned to every community.
* Huizar exposed the LA School District's shameful dropout rate and forced the District to begin addressing the problem.
José Huizar - For a Safer Community
As a School Board member, José Huizar added many new School Police Officers and expanded anti-gang programs. As our City Councilman, José Huizar will make hiring more police his top budgetary priority. José Huizar will also expand after school tutoring and recreation programs. He'll work to identify potential gang members early and get them the additional help they need to make better choices.
José Huizar - For Educational Justice
José Huizar will continue his fight to reform LA's schools as a member of the City Council. He will join with Mayor Villaraigosa to hold the school district accountable for the academic success of our children. He'll work with the School District to jointly develop library, parks and job internship programs.
José Huizar - For Better Transportation
José Huizar will work for a rapid completion of the Eastside Gold Line light rail and the extension of the Pasadena Gold Line. He supports making the MTA the nation's most advanced and cleanest bus system and expanding neighborhood DASH bus services. José Huizar will work for common sense solutions to traffic gridlock, like prohibiting road construction during rush hours, improving traffic signalization, creating more left hand turn lanes and expanding car and van pools.
José Huizar - For Quality Affordable Housing
L.A. needs more and better housing that working families can afford. He'll support programs to rehabilitate existing rental housing for families and workers and fully fund the LA Housing Trust Fund to assist first time homebuyers. José Huizar will work to crack down on slumlords and enforce health and safety codes. And José Huizar will work for innovative solutions, like the reuse of historic commercial buildings, for housing and mixed-use zoning.
Expose the drop out rate? You got to be kidding? This must be a joke.
Huizar you poor pathetic thing, a constituent exposed this garbage to Villaraigosa and the media.
Journo.
Huizar raise academic standards?
Another joke. Jeez...what shit are you on man? The A-D requirements were just passed about how long ago? just recent shit that majority of your educators disagree with. Lame duck dude.
Breakballs was doing a story on Crenshaw dug up some dirt on Huizar and Meruelo land deal she got fired.
Crenshaw High Loses Accreditation
LA School has the greatest number of Black students
News Report, Betty Pleasant,
Wave Newspapers, Aug 24, 2005
CRENSHAW — Crenshaw High School — the school in the Los Angeles Unified School District with the greatest number of African American students — lost its accreditation Monday and officials are scrambling to determine what effect such a loss will have on the value of the school’s diplomas.
LAUSD's Penny Pittman Cobey Returns to Private Sector at Brown, Winfield & Canzoneri
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/23/2005 -- Brown, Winfield & Canzoneri, Incorporated ("BWC") announced today that Penny Pittman Cobey has moved from Associate General Counsel at the Los Angeles Unified School District to join BWC as Senior Counsel. Ms. Cobey originally moved to Los Angeles from Boston, Massachusetts, in 1998 to join the J. Paul Getty Trust, where she oversaw, among other duties, the $200 million renovation of The Getty Villa. In 2002, she joined the School District, where she worked with outside developers on redeveloping and constructing large, complex projects. A cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, Ms. Cobey began her career, and became a partner, at Boston's Hill & Barlow, where she practiced for 14 years.
"Antonio is nice-looking and he's not too big, kind of chaparrito [short]," said Arturo Selva, a teacher at Bridge Street Elementary School in Boyle Heights, of the 5-foot-7 politician.
The county supervisor appointed Villaraigosa to his first political post, on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, in 1991. He was a rare voice on that panel, speaking on behalf of bus riders' rights.
In 1993, however, he became a subject of media scrutiny when Molina's husband was awarded a $193,000 contract after Villaraigosa voted against granting the contract to two competing firms. He and Molina both said no laws had been broken, and there was no subsequent investigation.
"I'm sorry if it looks bad," Villaraigosa told The Times when the story broke. "I never meant to do anything bad."
Some Democrats complained privately too when Villaraigosa became speaker in 1998. They felt that he had forced the Legislature's first Latino speaker, Bustamante, to step down a few months earlier than planned. (Bustamante has, however, endorsed Villaraigosa's mayoral bid.)
To the Huizar camp claiming Huizar exposed the drop out rate, you better have the REAL person that exposed this FAILURE on your team. I know this person exposed it to Villaraigosa and Media, are you prepared to counter that? Make sure this person is on your side, take this advice.
True to form, at the same time he suffered his worst setback: the revelation that five years ago he wrote to the White House on behalf of convicted drug dealer Carlos Vignali, calling Vignali's sentence unjust. Villaraigosa says he didn't bother to find out more about the charges against Vignali before drafting the letter, a stunning mistake, even for a political novice.
He acted at the behest of Vignali's father, who "had been a friend," Villaraigosa said in an interview. "He spoke to me as a father. He said, 'My son is innocent.' . . . I went with my heart instead of my head."
She is like a shimmering fishhook. She is vurrry effervescent, even a bit panicky, sometimes breathless; she would have been a great war correspondent as well as having been a great political reporter. If she didn't smoke she'd be bouncing off the side of the satellite truck. Her rug is too much; it gets bolder and younger. Still, you love her especially if you remember her from the Herald. I hope she'll be back on TV soon.
It's always been funny that there's traditionally more opinion and politics in a Breakstone piece than in a Bebitch Jaffe piece, and Lady Bebitch is purportedly engaged to dispense political wisdom, while Breakstone is purportedly there to report. Thank God for Breakstone, otherwise nobody who watches TV would know anything.
Speaking of women on local TV with fetchingly dazzling lives, I see Sylvia Lopez was with the Pope Rottweiler XVI in Germany. Her rug--all natural, that one--has grown out quite a bit since the November election. I like the new look.
Big Break??? Chief, why didn't you credit ronfineman.com. He broke this early Tuesday morning.
Did you actually read the damn post? Read the last line
First spotted at LA Observed
He didn't scoop shit. And shockingly, he actually sourced it accurately
Mayor Sam, Frank, Chief P., Joseph Mailander, Phil Krakover, 80 watches, and Athena are in a circle of trust.
It is Ulysses Sanchez, Jennie Carreon, Parke Skelton, Lisa Sarno, Ace Smith, Parke skelton's wife, and the New York Hot Rods.
"Anonymous said...
Mayor Sam, Frank, Chief P., Joseph Mailander, Phil Krakover, 80 watches, and Athena are in a circle of trust.
It is Ulysses Sanchez, Jennie Carreon, Parke Skelton, Lisa Sarno, Ace Smith, Parke skelton's wife, and the New York Hot Rods.
August 24, 2005 11:32 PM "
To the poster of the above lunacy:
You, Sir, are an idiot.
I am none of these people. I have met two of them, otherwise would say I really don't know any of them.
Go back to your Kool-Aid.
Interesting post about Penny Pitman Cobey...is this they attorney that worked at the LAUSD as an attorney but was not licensed to practice in California? Leave it to the geniuses at LAUSD to hire an attorney who is not licensed to practice law in California.
Breakballs had guts. She went after the hard stuff and kept away from the puff. John North of 7 has gone soft on Antonio. I like Dave Bryan cause he's also tough and puts the facts out. I use to like Laurel Erickson but now she's become an Antonio groupie just like Jessica Villagarrison at LAT. We need hard core reporters who arent' afraid. I like Steve Hymon, Richard Fausset and of course the great David Z" at Daily Breeze. Finally they are reporting facts and stories that a couple of months ago you wouldn't see in papers. Keep it up guys!
WOW: What happened - did a house fall on her?
"I use to like Laurel Erickson but now she's become an Antonio groupie just like Jessica Villagarrison at LAT."
The whole LA Times/Tribune Media Corp. is nothing but AV groupies.
BTW Tribune gave AV a nice campaign contribution during the runoff. The Tribune is headquarted in Chicago. LA Times is owned by the Tribune.
See the connection?
I see there is no mention that Huizar has "Dumped" his Inept Staff.
Day Four begins and nothing. Come on Jose...Just Do It.
Rid yourself of the 4 stooges:
1) Laura (Ghetto girl) Barrera;
2) Alvin (Time has gone and come) Para;
3)Monica (No experience) Garcia and finally;
4)David (Friend of Albert Robles) Cobb.
Alot of us are counting on you Jose. We want you to win, but have no confidence in your handlers...don't let them fuck this up for you.
Who cares that she smokes!
More important is that she is or was a registered GOP and that colored her reporting.
Will you stop it anon! Huizar told us this morning to ignore this type of information and to focus on the campaign. He is not dumping any of us you moron!
He is making a mistake by not getting rid of the inept staff.
Those of you who are about Jose, let's begin a petition to Jose...more info to come.
Jose must win, but not with that crappy staff he has.
why don't you like him he smiles shake hands and he said he won't let us go.
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