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Patrick Soon-Shiong's controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: 'Bias meter,' opinion upheaval and a call for growth
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong on his plans to shake up the newspaper and build for the future.
LA Times Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong ‘Has No Regrets’ About Harris Endorsement Uproar After Staff Protests
In an open letter Friday, staffers demand Patrick Soon-Shiong and top editor Terry Tang take back blaming the editorial board and explain to readers what happened

LA Times owner asks editorial board to ‘take a break’ from writing about Trump – report
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who said paper is ‘echo chamber’, also blocked paper’s board from endorsing Harris

The LA Times’ Political Rating “AI” Is A Silly Joke Aimed At Validating Wealthy Media Ownership’s Inherent Bias
Late last year we wrote about how LA Times billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong confidently announced that he was going to use AI to display “artificial intelligence-generated ratings”…

The LA Times’ AI ‘bias meter’ looks like a bid to please Donald Trump | Margaret Sullivan
The paper’s billionaire owner, who barred it from endorsing Kamala Harris, is leaving human journalists out of the equation

The LA Times Owner's Trump Turn Is Even Worse Than You Think | Parker Molloy's The Present Age
The Los Angeles Times is giving us a masterclass in how wealthy ownership can dismantle editorial independence from within. According to Oli

LA Times Owner Denies Vetoing Presidential Endorsement: ‘The Editorial Board Chose to Stay Silent’
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong denied vetoing the editorial board's endorsement of Kamala Harris for president

LA Times Owner's Daughter Claims Harris Endorsement Was Axed Over Gaza - After He Claimed It Was About Neutrality
Nika Soon-Shiong throws gasoline onto the fire as the So-Cal paper remains mired in crisis over interference in editorial independence

LA Times Planned 'Case Against Trump' Series Alongside Kamala Harris Endorsement Before Owner Quashed It | Exclusive
Alongside its endorsement of Kamala Harris, the Los Angeles Times editorial board had also planned a multi-part series against Donald Trump before it was quashed by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.

L.A. Times owner defends rightward turn to Tucker Carlson
The owner of the Los Angeles Times appeared on Tucker Carlson’s podcast in an episode released Wednesday, making clearer his plans to steer the paper in a more conservative direction. Dr. Pat…

The conspiracy candidate: What RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusade could look like in the White House
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a conspiracy theorist running for president as a Democrat. Experts fear his anti-vaccine activism threatens public health in America.

Opinion | Twitter Has an Old Media Problem. Here’s a Solution. (Published 2016)
The company has become an indispensable news source for millions but as a business, it needs a white knight to swoop in.

Show your work: The new terms for trust in journalism - PressThink
The transparency movement has finally come of age. Power has shifted to the users. Their trust has to be earned in different ways now.

Switching Codes w/Eric Deggans | Substack
Knight Professor of Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington and Lee University; Critic at Large at NPR; dad, drummer, bassist, blerd. Author: Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. (see links to purchase)
Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media
How a controversial rationalist blogger became a mascot and martyr in a struggle against the New York Times.

Well this is eleventy-million kinds of Fucked Up. @latimes.com (who once contracted with me as a freelance reviewer and whom I struggled to…
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Washington Post Has Lost 250K Subscribers, LA Times 18,000 Since Owners Axed Kamala Harris Endorsements
Patrick Soon-Shiong's controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: 'Bias meter,' opinion upheaval and a call for growth

The LA Times’ Political Rating “AI” Is A Silly Joke Aimed At Validating Wealthy Media Ownership’s Inherent Bias

LA Times Flips Anti-RFK Jr. Op-Ed Into Pro-Kennedy Propaganda