Commentary: Disney's war with LA Times 'craven, petty' and 'hostile' to journalism

If a mouse throws a fit, what does it actually sound like?

"Eeek-eeek! That'll show ya! Take that, ya mugs!"

That's the sound, all right.

I bring up the subject of rodent pique to address the peculiar standoff initiated by the Walt Disney Co. against the Los Angeles Times, a sister company of the Chicago Tribune, owned by the media conglomerate known as Tronc.

Disney's maneuver, targeting the Times for reasons unrelated to its film coverage, seems to me craven and petty. And hostile to the practice, provocation and purpose of journalism - cultural,