The billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times says the paper is confusing news and opinion and vowed to move the paper in a different direction where all voices are heard and represented.
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who bought the Los Angeles Times in 2018, told “Fox News at Night” on Thursday that he wanted the paper to distinguish between news and opinion and clearly report “facts.” spoke.
“If it's news, it should just be a fact. And if it's an opinion, it's probably an opinion on the news, which I now call 'voice.' Therefore, we want voices from all sides to be heard. And we want the news to be just facts,” he explained.
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the Los Angeles Times, explains the direction he wants to take the paper. ((Patrick T. Fallon/AFP | Marco Tacca/Getty Images | Fox News Digital))
Soon-Shiong came under fire for withdrawing his editorial board's planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris in the final days leading up to the 2024 election.
Three members of the LA Times editorial board have resigned in protest of the paper's disapproval. The newspaper has supported Democratic candidates in every presidential election since 2008.
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Over the weekend, Soon-Shiong posted on He wrote that he wanted a “well-balanced thesis.” . “Coming soon: A new editorial board. Trust in the media is essential to a strong democracy.”
The Los Angeles Times building and newsroom on Imperial Highway in El Segundo, California, on Friday, April 17, 2020. ((Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images))
The doctor reiterated his views to Fox News anchor Trace Gallagher, reiterating the need to have “both sides of the story.”
“It's our responsibility to uphold our democracy and air the opinions of all of our readers in California, and in fact all of our readers across the country. Because if you only have one side, it's just an echo. Because it becomes a chamber,’” he said.
“So it's going to be risky and it's going to be difficult. I'm going to put in a lot of enthusiasm, I already am, but you know, I think it's really important that all voices are heard. I come from a position of.”
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The Washington Post also decided not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election and vowed not to endorse any candidates in future elections.
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Publisher William Lewis said of the work: The Post's mission is “Through our newsroom, we provide all Americans with nonpartisan news and thought-provoking views from our opinion teams so readers can make up their own minds. Above all, we want to bring the nation's capital… Our job as a newspaper is that the most important country in the world is independent, and that's who we are and always will be.”
