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Topline The daughter of billionaire Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong suggested Saturday her family made the decision to pull its endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris over her support for Israel’s war on Gaza, according to The New York Times , which noted the Los Angeles Times owner downplayed his daughter’s authority over the paper. Key Facts Get Forbes Breaking News Text Alerts : We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines. Text “Alerts” to (201) 335-0739 or sign up here.
Tangent Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, best known for conducting reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post in 1972, joined in the widespread criticism of that paper’s decision—reportedly made by another billionaire, Jeff Bezos—of killing a planned endorsement of Harris, saying in a statement Saturday it “ignores the Washington Post’s own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy.” Key Background Nika’s statement about the Los Angeles Times decision to kill its Harris endorsement follows multiple resignations from the newspaper’s board from members who left in protest of Soon-Shiong’s blocking of the endorsement. The pulled endorsement coincided with a similar decision from Bezos, which reportedly “ stunned ” both news and opinion journalists at the paper.
Outrage also ensued at the Post, with Karen Attiah, a Post columnist, characterizing the decision as an “insult to those of us who have literally put our careers and lives on the line, to call out threats to human rights and democracy.” Further Reading Billionaire Newspaper Owners—Bezos And Soon-Shiong—Kill Kamala Harris Endorsements At Washington Post, L.A.
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