The
Los Angeles Times, which is California’s largest newspaper, reportedly will not make an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race — a blow to Vice President Kamala Harris as the outlet has backed a Democrat in every White House race since 2008.
Not really surprising at all if you consider that a Billionaire is looking out for another Billionaire.
Billionaire owner 'blocks the LA Times from endorsing Kamala Harris'
LA Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong reportedly made the decision not to issue endorsements for this year's presidential election
"The billionaire owner of the
Los Angeles Times has reportedly
blocked its editorial board from endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
Members of the editorial board were all set to endorse Harris for the most powerful position in America, but earlier this month, executive editor Terry Tang told staff members the paper would not be endorsing a candidate for president, two people familiar with the conversations
told Semafor.
She reportedly said the decision came straight from the paper's owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a doctor who made his fortune in the healthcare industry.
The decision marks a major departure for Harris' home state newspaper, which has exclusively endorsed Democratic presidential candidates since then-Senator
Barack Obama ran in 2008.
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Editors did not give a reason for the change when the paper
published its statewide and national endorsements last week."