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MLAA

(19,643 posts)
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 02:53 PM Jan 2025

LA Times changes slant of an OpEd against RFK Jr and gives it a pro RFK Jr title


https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-la-times/

A medical expert recently sent the Los Angeles Times a blistering editorial condemning the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department -- and now he's claiming that the paper changed it to give it a pro-Trump spin.

Eric Reinhart, an anthropologist, psychoanalyst and psychiatry resident at Northwestern University, came out swinging after the paper ran what was supposed to have been his anti-RFK Jr. editorial with the headline "Trump’s healthcare disruption could pay off — if he pushes real reform."

Writing on X, Reinhart directly called out billionaire LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who promoted the editorial on the same platform using what Reinhart said was blatantly misleading framing.
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LA Times changes slant of an OpEd against RFK Jr and gives it a pro RFK Jr title (Original Post) MLAA Jan 2025 OP
maga gonna maga. every fucking time. NewHendoLib Jan 2025 #1
Like clockwork. A sure bet. MLAA Jan 2025 #7
Terrible, cancel your subscription and tell them why Meowmee Jan 2025 #2
If I had one I would. MLAA Jan 2025 #8
I have never subscribed to any papers except National Geographic and some other similar Meowmee Jan 2025 #12
Ministry of Truth chia Jan 2025 #3
Exactly. MLAA Jan 2025 #9
Throw that rag away... Moostache Jan 2025 #4
So true. MLAA Jan 2025 #10
Thank you Mr. Reinhart, for publicly calling them out. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #5
Good on him. MLAA Jan 2025 #13
Had been on the verge of subscribing The Unmitigated Gall Jan 2025 #6
Good, it would be an insult to shit and your dog if you did use it. MLAA Jan 2025 #11
Boom! Cha Jan 2025 #14
When is the GD Propaganda rag known as the LA Times Going Cha Jan 2025 #15
Plenty of subscribers to bail. MLAA Jan 2025 #16
Not a surprise sabbat hunter Jan 2025 #17
It's frightening, billionaires influencing and changing the news not reporting the news. MLAA Jan 2025 #18
Fuck you Patrick Soon Shiong! Not everything has to kiss Turdburglar's ass 24 hours a day. Initech Jan 2025 #19

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
12. I have never subscribed to any papers except National Geographic and some other similar
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 04:34 PM
Jan 2025

magazines.

Moostache

(10,955 posts)
4. Throw that rag away...
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 03:11 PM
Jan 2025

It belongs on the pile with the Washington Post, the New York TImes, the Chicago Tribune and dozens of others.

Newspapers died decades ago, but their media footprint and influence remains. Its time for that to end.

The internet is still available as a tool for getting the truth out there, even if steps are constantly underway to reduce or capture that too.

Journalism was once (and should be in the future) an honorable trade and essential service to society. As it is now, captive and slave to ownership, bullshit and propaganda at the highest, most famous levels, it is worth less than the piss my cats stink up their liter box with....at least the cat piss serves a purpose in keeping them alive and giving me the companionship and love they do...the press? Fuck them, cowards and influence seekers. I have nothing but total disdain for them all.

The Unmitigated Gall

(4,710 posts)
6. Had been on the verge of subscribing
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 03:21 PM
Jan 2025

When the POS billionaire owner deep-sixed the paper's endorsement of KH.
I wouldn't pick up dog shit with that rag now.

Cha

(316,244 posts)
15. When is the GD Propaganda rag known as the LA Times Going
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 04:44 PM
Jan 2025

to get a Substantial Amount of Lost Subscriptions to Send that Fucking Fascist a Message he Can't Ignore?

Come On Los Angelenos!

TY

MLAA

(19,643 posts)
16. Plenty of subscribers to bail.
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 04:56 PM
Jan 2025

Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper in the nation and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+subscribers+does+the+LA+times+have%3F&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

sabbat hunter

(7,073 posts)
17. Not a surprise
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 05:50 PM
Jan 2025

As this continues the rightward march of the LA times since Soon-Shiong took over, especially since his daughter Nika has been meddling in the editorial room.

MLAA

(19,643 posts)
18. It's frightening, billionaires influencing and changing the news not reporting the news.
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 07:41 PM
Jan 2025

Initech

(107,127 posts)
19. Fuck you Patrick Soon Shiong! Not everything has to kiss Turdburglar's ass 24 hours a day.
Fri Jan 31, 2025, 07:53 PM
Jan 2025

The United States is not a dictatorship and the Republican party is not entitled to absolute power. Fuck you!

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