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In reply to the discussion: The owner of the Los Angeles Times has blocked the paper from endorsing a candidate for president this yea [View all]
Buns_of_Fire
(17,774 posts)61. And the editor of the editorials page resigned because of it.
Los Angeles Times editor resigns after newspaper withholds presidential endorsement
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143327197
Good for her. Good editors are hard to find. Unfortunately, wealthy naturalized nazis are way too common all of a sudden.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143327197
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked the editorial board’s plans to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president, a journalism trade publication reported Wednesday.
Mariel Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review in an interview that she resigned because the Times was remaining silent on the contest in “dangerous times.”
“I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not OK with us being silent,” Garza said. “In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.”
In a post on the social media platform X that did not directly mention the resignation, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong said the board was asked to do a factual analysis of the policies of Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump during their time at the White House.
Mariel Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review in an interview that she resigned because the Times was remaining silent on the contest in “dangerous times.”
“I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not OK with us being silent,” Garza said. “In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.”
In a post on the social media platform X that did not directly mention the resignation, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong said the board was asked to do a factual analysis of the policies of Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump during their time at the White House.
Good for her. Good editors are hard to find. Unfortunately, wealthy naturalized nazis are way too common all of a sudden.
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The owner of the Los Angeles Times has blocked the paper from endorsing a candidate for president this yea [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Yesterday
OP
Oy, so many freaking cowards in the media... and it is self-defeating. Bastards.
LymphocyteLover
Yesterday
#43
Yep. In this case a "mulligan" says more than if they just endorsed. n/t
forgotmylogin
Yesterday
#25
Id do it anyway, only NOW its going on the front page because its not JUST editorial,...
Volaris
Yesterday
#6
The L. A. Times local TV news via Spectrum has been on default for months.
SleeplessinSoCal
Yesterday
#39
No. If he were he couldn't be President. Presidents must be "natural-born citizens"
marybourg
20 hrs ago
#59
Patrick Soon-Shiong, born to Chinese immigrants in South Africa. Turns out he's one brilliant & uncomplicated human.
ancianita
Yesterday
#38