This article should be switched to an alternative that doesn't have restrictive geofilters or removed.
It's an LA Times article written by an LA Times reporter published in the LA Times for the benefit of LA Times readers.
What European alternative do you suggest?
I'm not suggesting a European alternative, I'm saying that this does not belong on hackernews.
Asto it being original reporting, that's a little hard for people to factor in when it's entirely blocked.
If two draconian policies don't add up to a level playing field, why not go for the hat trick!
† This perception is obviously a huge problem for papers like the L.A. Times (and for writers, in general). For better or worse, this is how people see it, now. If you don't like the source, then you just imagine substituting in another one, like you're buying pork futures (or whatever the opposite of original reporting is).
Edit: I'm not saying that's a good thing, guys. I agree with dionidium.
I suspect we're more than 25% of HN's audience.
(Realistically, a mirror is the realistic alternative. Two have been posted and downvoted into oblivion. So it seems the HN community along with the LA Times support censorship. Nice.).
It's becoming rather farcical that I may have to use Tor to browse from ... a European IP.