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

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…

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)

Sorry, Sulzberger—NYT’s Anti-Trans ‘News’ Is Neither True Nor Important

Critics aren't asking the New York Times to "skew" or "censor" its trans-related coverage. We're asking the Times to stop skewing it.

Media Influence Matrix – The World's Most Reliable Influence Tracker

This week’s edition reads five FY2025 reports against each other: Dnevnik (Slovenia), Delfi Latvia, Phoenix New Media (China), Hanza Media (Croatia) and Digi Communications (Romania). It finds two publishers separating their journalism from their balance sheets, a Croatian publisher closing a 35-year-old political weekly on a 1.1% net margin, a Chinese state-linked digital news group whose financial centre has quietly shifted from advertising to mini-program reading apps, and a Romanian telecom giant’s having its news channel walk off the must-carry list.

The New York Times Responds to Criticism of Anti-Trans Bias by Silencing Its Own Reporters

The Times’s coverage reflects its commitment to a flawed version of objectivity that equates balance with accuracy.