LA Times owner Soon-Shiong WANTED A JOB under Trump running American healthcare. Washington Post owner Bezos wants to keep his $3.4 billion contract with NASA. Billionaires want Trump’s multitrillion dollar tax cuts. Planet-destroying oil execs want deregulation.

FOLLOW THE MONEY

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Patrick Soon-Shiong: the billionaire LA Times owner who blocked Harris endorsement

Biotech tycoon’s decision to refuse to allow presidential endorsement led to resignations and subscribers’ revolt

^{Dan Milmo (The Guardian)}

"So, why did I cancel my subscriptions?

Because this wasn’t about an endorsement. It was about what it says of these papers’ owners—and a troubling trend among oligarchs more generally. From silent acquiescence to, in the case of Elon Musk, unhinged cheerleading, some of the most powerful people in the world are conspiring in complicity to undermine our country and our democracy."

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"Of all the expectations I had for these final weeks of the election, canceling two of my newspaper subscriptions wasn’t one of them.

I’ve always believed newspapers are essential to our democracy."

~ Elliot Kirschner

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Canceled Subscriptions

In service of democracy

^{Elliot Kirschner (Through the Fog, by Elliot Kirschner)}

[The Wrap]: LA Times Planned ‘Case Against Trump’ Series Alongside Kamala Harris Endorsement Before Owner Quashed It | Exclusive by Ross A. Lincoln

Patrick Soon-Shiong’s interference with the paper’s editorial freedom has sparked a crisis that includes canceled subscriptions and several high profile resignations

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LA Times Planned 'Case Against Trump' Series Alongside Kamala Harris Endorsement Before Owner Quashed It | Exclusive - TheWrap

Patrick Soon-Shiong's interference with the paper's editorial freedom has sparked a crisis that includes canceled subscriptions and several high profile resignations

^{Ross A. Lincoln (TheWrap)}

And an important piece of information we may need to assess why Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris: as Sewell Chan, previously an editor at Los Angeles Times, reminds us:

"Elon Musk … is friendly with Soon-Shiong — they are both South African-born billionaire entrepreneurs."

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Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after owner blocks presidential endorsement

Mariel Garza, the editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigned on Wednesday after the newspaper’s owner blocked the editorial board’s plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

^{Columbia Journalism Review}

"Mariel Garza, the Los Angeles Times' editorials editor, resigned yesterday after Patrick Soon-Shiong, the newspaper's billionaire owner, blocked the outlet’s decision to endorse Harris. This has further strained Soon-Shiong's already tense relationship with Times staff during a year marked by newsroom cuts and turmoil."

~ Brian Stelter

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler #media #sanewashing #LosAngelesTimes #PatrickSoonShiong
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