The #BoycottLAWeekly movement has now launched a website as a part of a long-term effort to take back the city's most prominent alternative newspaper from new management with conservative ties.
The site launched last Wednesday and includes information on a plan to boycott LA Weekly's “The Essentials” food event happening on March 25th.
“We’ve organized a new kind of long-term resistance to let them know that they will never be out of the woods and this is something we are prepared to do indefinitely.” Journalist Jeff Weiss told L.A. TACO. “This isn’t a temporary temper tantrum. This is our city and how dare they exploit it? How dare they exploit what we built?”
The #BoycottLAWeekly website highlights the ethical journalistic violations the Weekly has been engaging in since undergoing new management. The site shows examples of plagiarism, changing of dates on stories, and other offenses.
Weiss is a former music columnist for the weekly and has been the leading voice in the fight to get the new owners to step down.