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

Alongside its endorsement of Kamala Harris, the Los Angeles Times editorial board had also planned a multi-part series against Donald Trump before the whole thing was quashed by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, TheWrap has learned.

According to internal memos viewed by TheWrap, the series, tentatively called “The Case Against Trump,” would have ran throughout this week. The endorsement of Kamala Harris would then have been published on Sunday.

However, Soon-Shiong ordered the cancellation 0f the series and the endorsement without explanation, current and now former staffers have confirmed, setting off a massive crisis for the 142-year-old paper.

  • frezik@midwest.social
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    1 month ago

    I don’t know what the Fairness Doctrine would do in modern times. Its legal basis was in broadcast TV and radio, not the news media in general. It never applied to newspapers or cable news, and it wouldn’t apply to the Internet. I don’t know why it still gets brought up except as a point of history.