Times v Terminator

Was the LA Times right to run its piece about Arnie's alleged serial groping past just a few days before the election for governor of California? Well, it certainly didn't stop Arnie getting the job. But it seems to have led to an unpleasant backlash for the paper, with more than 1,000 cancelled subscriptions and a dumpster full of critical attention. As Duncan Campbell says in today's Guardian, it's not the sort of thing that would trouble British newspaper consumers. But things are different in the States...