How The Big Times Media Covers The Local Congressional Races-- L.A. Times/CA-31
No one's even asking Jean Merl to explain this drunken, coked up messJean Merl is the big kahuna among L.A. political journalists. She works at the L.A. Times and her articles are widely considered the most-read political stories in southern California, even though they generally lack context, insight and substance and are suspiciously similar to campaign talking points.