THE MAGAZINE AND MIRTHALA

Los Angeles Magazine’s May '08 issue features an interview with Mirthala Salinas, the Telemundo news anchor placed on leave in '07, then demoted, after it was revealed she was in a relationship with the married Mayor of LA, Antonio Vilaraigosa, while at the same time reporting on him. While the magazine touts the interview as an exclusive and the first time Ms. Salinas has spoken with the media, I’m more interested in how they explained to her the interview would be presented. I doubt anyone mentioned that while the interview itself would be entitled “The Mayor and Mirthala”, the magazine’s cover would ignore that title, and instead loudly proclaim “The Mayor’s Mistress”. Doesn’t seem like the sort of PR plug anyone trying to rebuild a career would leap to agree to do. Classy work Los Angeles Magazine!