Diddy Didn’t Do It: “Dude Was Duped,” Demur “LA Times” Dinks
The Los Angeles Times and Bad Boy Hater No. 1 Chuck Phillips have admitted that their latest attempt to implicate Sean “Diddy” Combs in the shooting of Tupac Shakur was based on forged FBI reports, which the Smoking Gun reported yesterday. “In relying on documents that I now believe were fake, I failed to do my job,” says Phillips. Will this finally force Phillips to move on already? Or will he still unleash two related pieces he promised would arrive this year?
BTdubs, does anyone out there have a copy of the August 1994 Spin? Phillips profiled Death Row impresario Suge Knight in it, and I’d be keen to give it a glance. Not to be a conspiracy nut, but anyone who saw Biggie & Tupac has to wonder why a reporter who tends to portray Knight as a victim (“People familiar with the situation say Knight tried to control the rival Bloods factions with money and gifts. But his largess often provoked resentment.”) is so gung-ho about proving that Diddy (Diddy!) is a murderous mastermind.
The Times apologizes over article on rapper [LA Times]
