Issuing statements of apology, The Los Angeles Times has admitted that their recent story was partially based on documents that appear to have been fabricated. The story, which involves the shooting of Tupac Shakur in NY was published by The LA Times last week and suggested that they had obtained "FBI records" in which a confidential informant accused two men of helping to set up the attack on Shakur -- James Rosemond, a prominent rap talent manager, and James Sabatino, identified in the story as a promoter.
The story said the two allegedly wanted to curry favor with Sean "Puffy" Combs and believed Shakur had disrespected them.
Times Editor Russ Stanton announced that the newspaper would launch an
internal review of the documents and the reporting surrounding the
story. Stanton said he took the criticisms of the March 17 report "very
seriously."
"We published this story with the sincere belief that the documents
were genuine, but our good intentions are beside the point," Stanton
said in a statement.
"The bottom line is that the documents we relied on should not have
been used. We apologize both to our readers and to those referenced in
the documents and, as a result, in the story. We are continuing to
investigate this matter and will fulfill our journalistic
responsibility for critical self-examination."
COMMENTS
**waits for Puffs Jewish lawyers**
This is a great example for those of you on here that are in the dark... Let me shed somme light about the media, it's 50% bullshit.
Half of the news paper articles and reports on tv are based speculations. Not throughly research beacuse they think people will believe anything they read & watch on the news. Yet if they are wrong they dont think people can or will do anything about it.
Except this time Diddy Combs called the J-J-J-Jew Unit! (5-0 quote) then they put the pressure on the Los Angeles Times. They must of felt the heat and law suits coming because the printed a retraction with a sweet apology. They wouldn't print all that mess unless they felt that lawyer pressure.
Ps.Moral of the story =Don't believe everything you read & see on tv my ninjas alot of it is straight gossip speculation and rumors!
Also when the lawyers come out thats it!
KEEP SUPPORTING REAL HIPHOP
FUCK PUFFY!!! HE KILLED PAC!!!
^^LOL. Some of yall dudes don't realize how dumb you sounded when yall first read that bull shit ass article. I tired to tell yall not to believe that bullshit.
i agree n-w-please, niggas to take it too far wit pac but pac was more than the average rapper. he was politically aware and sort of an activist (if you've ever watched one of his speeches, u know what im talkin bout)
Nigga are u shootin ron(heroin) in ya arm over there or some shit?
Pac is dead. I saw dat nigga layin on an Autopsy table years ago.
Im a big Fan of Pac but alotta yall be takin it too far. He was an entertainer. Yall niggas really act like he was the second coming of Jesus Christ
Get a fuckin grip. Come back to reality!
i agree n-w-please, niggas to take it too far wit pac but pac was more than the average rapper. he was politically aware and sort of an activist (if you've ever watched one of his speeches, u know what im talkin bout)
Now everybody that was screamin fuck puff blah blah…how y’all feel now? Remember I said this from the jump Chuck is a clown, he wrote a bunch of Junk On BIG & Ms Wallace sued that ass, he been a shady dude & the LA Times credibility has been in question for the last 7 years. With all that, Who in their right mind would completely believe that bullshit ass article? …Oh wait some Defsounds Dummies,…even though ½ of the story we been knew about cuz Pac said in his records.
Watch Diddy & Jimmy Hench now Sue the shit out of the LA TIMES, not cuz they need money, but for principal mo’fucka. Nigga do you know how many Fires that article lit? I’m sure crazy cat was ready to go all out to twist some of these dudes cap back
Fuck Chuck Phillips for trying to resurrect this East vs West Bull shit
If you ask me they should Don Imus him & his punk ass editor
^^^^^^^who the fuck is this on my nuts now? lol Oh is it you… Chuck??? Chuck Phillips? I know your punk is in here tryin to defend your self lol,…
folliclehair i know you want attention from me, well here it is………………………………………………nothing to say to you.
but I gota say Big UPS to Da god & N word please, y’all kept an open mind to this BS, kept it 100,…y’all know we the only spitin that truth,
Fuck that. Call me stupid but knowing how the media works and payoffs go. I wouldn't be surprised if some if this shit was true. Why would dude put himself out on a limb like that for kicks. Remember that Raz B shit. He was going hard then suddenly got still after a few phone calls. I guess he was frontin too. And R. Kelly still pissin on bitches free as a a bird. The first thing they do is try to take credibility from a witness to dismiss them from a trial. Now this? And for the record of y'all that aren't in the know. Pac gave an interview a while back detailing the same shit that when he got there them niggas was too cool for the situation. That's how the beef popped off. You can't trust the media on some days and then back down on others. I guess the "war in iraq" is still about bin laden, the mofo they aint looking for either. Knowledge
And I suppose the Niggas in jail claiming they did the shit lying too. Especially the nigga who got the chain.
iceburg ur completely wrong!!!! chuck is a dopppe ass nigaaa and the article is true not fake at all!!! diddy wouldnt sue are you out of ur dam mind!
^^^^^^^who the fuck is this on my nuts now? lol Oh is it you… Chuck??? Chuck Phillips? I know your punk is in here tryin to defend your self lol,…
folliclehair i know you want attention from me, well here it is………………………………………………nothing to say to you.
but I gota say Big UPS to Da god & N word please, y’all kept an open mind to this BS, kept it 100,…y’all know we the only spitin that truth,
^U a fuckin retard dawg^
Read this niggas profile and cut him a break!
He truly is a fuckin retard im not jokin or tryna be mean. This niggas really fuckin retarded
His profile will sum it all up!
N word i know who is he? i swear that's that Chuck phillips dude lol
aHah !!!!!!
I told yall niggas this was a bunch of fuckin Bullshit
Shout out to Iceberg Chien
Shout out to Da God
As for the obsessed Pac groupies like Detroit Bred and A nyce
What da fuck is yall niggas gon say now!
I love Pac but dat dont mean he didnt make shit up and purposely cause controversy.
If this guy was the first and only person to say this that would be one thing, but so many other people have said the same thing before. This aint the first time.
For example, the "Hip Hop Cop" Derrick Parker who wrote the book "Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD’s First “Hip-Hop Cop" was in the June 2006 issue of XXL (#81) saying the same thing. He said the shooting at Quad is what started the "hip hop police".
In his book he say
"According to the [confidential informant], the Quad incident was a contract shooting coming from Biggie. I suspect that’s true because Tupac and Biggie had a war brewing. […]
There were a bunch of theories floating around, but after putting together all the information I’d received, the most plausible one for me was that the order came from Biggie; the streets were talking, and word was that it was him. Biggie surely knew Tut because of his Brooklyn ties. Biggie associates like Lance “Un” Rivera hailed from Brooklyn’s criminal underworld, so it’s clear the rapper could’ve accessed figures like Tut and Nubbs without much difficulty."
He says in the magazine that It's just obvious if you look at all the facts.
So The L.A. Times used some bad info and it makes the whole story look tainted, that dont mean it aint happen.
Come on Standup!
You notice I didnt include your name in the obsessed groupie gang!
But come on my dude! the dude who wrote the story just appologized for writing the story
So even though he says he was wrong your still going to tell him he was right?
it dont matter wut the LA times say the streets know wuts really good my nigga pac knew wuts really good
Lol, my nigga!
No groupie my G, Im just sayin, Ima ride for em cuz I know he think, or thought rather, that them niggas had something to do with it so since he not here ima hold his point of view down.
Now the article above say "Issuing statements of apology, The Los Angeles Times has admitted that their recent story was PARTIALLY based on documents that APPEAR to have been fabricated."
All that means is that ONE of their sources MIGHT have been bullshit. So they gotta print a retraction for the whole articele while they "investigate". Fine. But that dont discredit all the motha fuckas who say the same thing.
And the Editor Russ Stanton apologized on behalf of The LA Times, not that Chuck dude who fabricated the details
While not going too hard in the paint, check out the article from vibes 2pac did right after the 94 shooting. This is from the mouth of the dead mofo
http://www.2pacplanet.com/94shooting.php
Come on n-word. listen to my boy standup. thesmokinggun.com has everything on what happened with the la times. The dude that fabricated the reports is a prisoner named James Sabotino claiming he contracted the shooting. Doesn't mean the shooting wasnt contracted, just means sabotino, and henchman didnt do it.
Just let da man rest
Iceberg must be one of those East Coast B.I.G dick riders. Everybody know Puff got enough money to buy an apology. He can sue but he can't run. Hoe azz nigga like him go get his. Everybody know he set Pac up...I wouldn't be surprised if he set B.I.G. up. Like Jada said, "you know dead rappers get better promotion".
You sound so retarded B; yeap I’m from the East Coast (BK), & for your info I bumped PAC before I got into BIG. That being said, do ur slow brain a favor look up this reporter (chuck phillips) track record:
1) He’s boys with Suge Knight (many believe he had something to do with Pac’s assassination). He can easily make up repors/info to stir the truth from that event.
2) He wrote some shit back in 2002, saying not only was BIG in Vegas the night Pac was killed, that actually he handed the gun that killed Him. When in fact Biggie was in Jersey, watching that fight, with Family & friends. result: Got sued by BIG’s mum & lost the Case
3 It’s the L.A times,…lol are you educated at all? Then if you are you’d know this paper detective reporting is a Joke. They failed to come up with the OJ case,…the Tabloids had more logical explanations then them
Well lets stop at 3 for now, don’t want to over load your punk ass brain. I mean you actually believe Diddy can go & buy “an apology”? I can’t even debate w/ you on that,…Buy an Apology? Ha ha ha The President of the USA has been dogged all over these newspapers & Tv networks & he can’t even get an apology,but diddy can? …..I rest my case, go swing on you Uncles balls, over here you gets NADA
Maybe puff should send you some money,because I know those SSI checks are not covering the drool cups and adult diapers you're retard handicap ass needs...
Got C-Walk or B-walk off into traffic.
folliclehair nigga u stupid as fuck! Tupac is dead!
all of you people who bashed puff is on hush mode now lol, but im still going to stick to my first saying [p diddy is a crook]...he locked up shyne,still releases b.i.g. cd's to put money into his pockets which one is worse than the other,and dismantled the badboy label/army.....how do you go from having, faith evans,112,mase,lox,b.i.g. black rob, g-dep to day 26 and danity kane..............early
r.i.p. pac....damn let the man lay in peace!!
diddy didnt did it
As I said In Tha Last Article They Came Out Wit " Ain't Gon Say Shyt No Mo Till I Know Tha Truth, Fucc Puff" Niggaz Gotta Be Feelin Dumb Ova At Tha LA TYMES Joint. Wow. I Guess I'll Hear Anotha Story Like This Again In Anoth Year Or Two.SCREAM AT ME,1..
See what I mean!
^^^u need psychological help dude, and I ain’t even frontin’ true story ! N-word was right about you, you on some other shit….
Ya'll all trippin. I saw tupac at starbucks fuckin THREE DAYS AGO.
And don't let folliclehair lie, i sold him a finger of that boy right after I had coffee with pac
Damn LA Times fucked up...
n word and ice berg leave the lil kid alone he aint gots nothing better to do
thanks alot buddy I'll keep that in mind.
What time will the short bus be picking U up toay?
first of all it dont matter wut the LA times talkin about the hood knew wut happened and pac knew. second, all these rumors and scandals need to die down quick we need to let the nigga rest in peace.
^^^Bitch made Dickrider^^^
Now all of a sudden it dont matter what the L.A. Times says Huh?
But it mattered when they was printing the story that you wanted to believe huh?
You just ran out of credibility my dude!
they didnt prove shit false, they just said they dont have cold hard evidence, their still reviewing the documents, and wut i was saying was that i dont give a shit about what LA times said, they aint saying anything new, we all knew that shit and my opinion wont be swayed
FIRE THEM ALL IN LA TIMES
MAN THIER NOT GONNA LET THIS MAN REST IN PEACE!
My last words are check out the story WRITTEN well before any of this shit came out. Please excuse the 3rd party site but vibes resources only go back to 06
http://www.2pacplanet.com/94shooting.php
I mean he really is gone so still trying to find out what sucka bitch killed is pointless.
This is crazy
TUPAC is alive seven day thoery yall so dumb go drink a hungry fart
I knew this from the beginning.When I saw who wrote the article, Chuck "hack" Phillips, I knew it was bullshit.That's the same bastard who wrote a story saying Biggie provided the gun that killed Tupac and was in Las Vegas when Tupac was shot.He disappeared when Violetta Wallace issuse proof that Biggie was at home in Jersey.
Exactly! Chuck Phillips aint got no credibility!
And all these groupies who think Pac is Jesus Christ aint got none either
Yeah I like Scarface and Bun B is okay. I didn't say all southern hip-hop sucks. Just the dancing and unreal stuff I can't stand. Like I said before, I would rather hear a rapper tell me how he got where he is, why I'm listening to his music today, and how fucked up society/politics/hip-hop are and the problems with it. 2Pac, Kanye West, Common, Lupe Fiasco, The Game, Chamillionaire, Young Jeezy, and styles P... do/did just that. They are lyricists
They need to check over a story like that a couple of times before they print that. They mess that man money up because there wasn't no way he could go to Cali and do anything. Money would have been the least of his troubles because he would have got pop off. It's millions of people that love 2Pac & want to avenge his death, I believe that's the reason Biggie not here.
I said Puff killin Pac made no fuckin sence when the first article was written. If beef sells(Ye vs 50, 50 vs the world) the it would make no fuckin sense at all to kill Pac, especially knowing that BOTH sides stood to make m,illions off each others beef. Pac wouldve done bigger, I mean bigger numbers if All eyez on me( Top 10 Cd of all time) and Loife After Death were both released hile they were still alive. It's too bad that both of them couldnt have seen the impact of thier great talent. Lets face it, we'll never know who shot JFK, if DB Cooper ever survived, and who really killed Big and Pac.
Shid I got a good idea who killed both dem niggas!!!!
RIP 2pac
P diddy is still a fuckin cockroach
I think Suge and Reggie Wright Killed Pac
And I think Officer David Mack killed Biggie
Yeah fuck Suge Knight.."Whyd the bullets have to hit that door"-Jadakiss n that sums it all up..the good die young.. RIP Pac the greatest ever gone but never forgotten
who shot biggie smallz
if we dont get them they gon kill us all
man puffy know who killed that nigga
man that nigga soft
he scared the boys from the west side will break him off
so he run to harlem shake em off.
The coward(s) who did this will never tell...Only god knows. RIP- to 2 of the best to EVER do it.
Fuck Dat!!! Puff Did Have Sum 2 Do Wit It
Something i think all of us can agree on is we'd like to know who killed Tupac. But why make it into a story like this. If they really want to find out who did it for sure they'd stop makin' their stories that isn't 100% true. Enough beating around the bush to create some drama just find out. That's what i think... And fuck the media..