extreme left Los Angeles Times is dealing with the “abrupt departure” of editor-in-chief Kevin Merida and upcoming “major” job cuts.
Yes, my children, grab your milk and cookies and get ready for another heartwarming story of leftists hurting leftists…
Here's the important part statement The paper announced:
The company and the guild are currently discussing how to proceed. Simply put, guilds are looking for acquisitions before layoffs, and management is looking for more flexibility in how layoffs are implemented. Management also shared with Guild that the company could save Guild 50 positions by being more flexible in how layoffs are implemented.
There are no hard numbers yet on how many layoffs are planned, but if there is a difference between saving or not saving 50 jobs depending on how the layoffs are implemented (acquisitions or not), it is likely that 50 jobs will be saved or not. You'll probably want to consider one of two things: There are a lot of management overpayments that are on the chopping block and a huge number of layoffs in the general staff.
No matter who gets fired, it's okay because they hate you and me.
My second favorite part of this statement is…
“Separately, the company received letters from Black, Latino, and AAPI members of the guild.” [Asian/Pacific American]Mena [Middle East and North African]And Queer Party members are urging management to maintain the diversity gains it has made over the years. ”
that I agree 100%.
Look, you want me. Los Angeles Times To die the slowest, most painful and humiliating death possible, please, please, continue to value “diversity”, quotas, and token hiring over merit. If I do that, my dream will definitely come true.
Guilds — obviously useless at protecting jobs, but very good at taking a cut of everyone's pay — explained Future layoffs will be made in “large rounds” and management has revealed it wants the guild to “remove” seniority protections in order to preserve jobs. The Guild's statement concludes with a warning that is sure to bring smiles to the faces of ordinary people everywhere. “This is the biggest thing.”
Oh, I certainly hope so.
this is, times lost 13 percent of its workforce to layoffs last year alone.
At the risk of sounding completely heartless to people who are paid well to potentially lose their jobs for spreading hatred against people like me, I'm going to say this. thisit's nothing but a second career opportunity.
But that's only half the story… At the top of the mountain, LA Times There was no editor in chief because Merida had enough people. interference From Nika Soon-Shiong, daughter of the newspaper's billionaire owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. After only three years, Merida started walking. this The reason is almost certainly:[S]Officials have pointed to friction with Mr. Soon-Shiong's 30-year-old daughter, Nika Soon-Shiong, who was recently appointed as the newspaper's unofficial ombudsman.[.]She has taken to social media to publicly attack journalists “when their politics don't align with her own progressive views.”
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shione sits courtside during the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz game on February 11, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Danny Moroshok/Associated Press)
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The latest conflict, and one that may have been the final straw for Merida, involved the paper's coverage of wars in the Middle East. Insiders said a group of senior editors contacted Merida and more than 30 expressed their anger at the editor. times Although reporters had signed a statement on November 9 harshly criticizing Israel's invasion of Gaza, they made little mention of the terrorist attack on Israel launched from Hamas-controlled territory on October 7. . Mr. Merida was initially reluctant to get involved in the matter, but decided to restrict the petition's signatories from participating in future coverage of the conflict for 90 days, insiders said. Patrick Soon-Shiong reportedly didn't like the decision, and I'm sure Nika wasn't thrilled either. She has made her pro-Palestinian views clear on her Twitter feed, where she pinned photos of the Palestinian flag, posted instructions to journalists to refer to Israel as an “apartheid state,” and even followed (and frequently posted) (I liked it!) Quds News Network is a news agency often accused of having ties to Hamas.
of LA Times serves one of the world's largest Jewish communities, and the owner's dilettante daughter has pushed the paper into pro-Hamas territory with her Twitter feed.
” timesSince Nika began roaming newsrooms, coverage of Israel has appeared, at least to some readers, to have become significantly more hostile. ” around extreme left hollywood reporter. A day after a Hamas attack in which around 1,200 innocent Israelis were massacred and hundreds more were kidnapped. times The decision to publish a photo of an injured Palestinian child in a front-page report about the assault sparked a furious backlash on social media. ”
This aftermath is “ times Reporters tried to debunk reports that Hamas fighters committed rape and other atrocities during the October 7 uprising[.]In response, “pro-Israel groups sent advertising trucks into Israel.” times The office surrounded the building and played video testimonies of survivors of the attack. ”
This has been going on for years. In 2020, during the George Floyd riots, the owner's daughter was “blaming a staff writer on Twitter and clashing with staff.” times Leadership against the use of the term “loot'' in headlines. ”
Even if you eat it as is, you will never get tired of it.It ends with this The owner's wife, Michele, laughed a lot.
More recently, Michelle has reportedly been pushing Patrick to sell the newspaper, which she considers to be a huge waste of money. During a Zoom meeting with the Black Caucus in 2021, she reportedly broke down in tears and complained that her family had to write $1 million weekly checks to keep her newspaper afloat. ing.
By the way, it was adopted by Breitbart.
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