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WaPo and L.A. Times Face Backlash as Billionaire Owners Block Editorial Push to Endorse Kamala Harris

HeadlineOct 28, 2024

In media news, the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post are both facing turmoil after the papers’ publishers announced no presidential endorsements would be made this year. The L.A. Times is owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, and the Post is owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

Two veteran journalists at the L.A. Times, Robert Greene and Karin Klein, resigned in protest, as did editorials editor Mariel Garza, who wrote, “How could we spend eight years railing against Trump and the danger his leadership poses to the country and then fail to endorse the perfectly decent Democrat challenger — who we previously endorsed for the U.S. Senate?”

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