The star LA Times reporter, hoodwinked by a jailed con man, is still in limbo a week after the paper retracted a major investigative piece that purportedly named the people behind the nonfatal 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in NYC. E&P talked to LAT editor Russ Stanton, who said

Philips “remains active and on the payroll,” but added “what he is going to be doing in the future is still in the process of being defined.”

The story continues:

Having to face such a controversy after just a month at the helm, Stanton said the incident had made for a challenging beginning, but did not blame anyone but the paper itself. “I think we did what we were supposed to do; we made a pretty big mistake, we owed up to it on day one,” he said.

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Previously:

Big Trouble in LA: The Times retracts the Tupac story

At the LA Times, the pain may be just beginning

Did the LAT get hoaxed on its Tupac bombshell?

Also:

The LAT’s apology and its original story.

The Smoking Gun’s expose of the hoax.