Full coverage: Mayor Villaraigosa’s relationship
(Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa acknowledged he’s in a relationship with Telemundo TV news anchorwoman Mirthala Salinas (above, left). The revelation comes a month after he announced he was separating from his wife. Scroll down for the latest coverage.
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Mirthala Salinas, a former fill-in anchor on KVEA-TV Channel 52, is being sent to Riverside as a general assignment reporter.
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Villaraigosa says that station executives have not asked him about his relationship with a news anchor, but he expects ‘she will be vindicated.’
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Reporters turn Villaraigosa’s news conferences into chaotic question-and-answer sessions on his affair with a TV newscaster.
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THIS column is about Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his love life, but give us a minute to get there: When it comes to reporting on politics and elected officials, distinguishing between what is properly private and what is necessarily public becomes more difficult all the time.
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In the long run, voters could focus more on how he does his job.
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Telemundo is looking into whether anchor Mirthala Salinas’ relationship breached journalistic ethics.
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Both seek privacy but the admission raises questions about ethics.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa acknowledged Monday that he is involved in a romantic relationship with television newswoman Mirthala Salinas.
