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MagickMuffin

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4. This is what happens when billionaires buy media outlets

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Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:40 PM

Oct 2024

Whether it’s print or televised the oligarchs own what we see hear and consume.

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Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after owner blocks presidential endorsement [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2024 OP

Good...the entire staff of that rag should follow suit... Moostache Oct 2024 #1

No kidding DENVERPOPS Oct 2024 #21

would not matter to owner, loss on taxes verargert Oct 2024 #37

Do you have proof that it would not matter? Should no action ever be taken because it "would not matter"? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2024 #45

Agreed DENVERPOPS Oct 2024 #52

Welcome to DU orangecrush Oct 2024 #53

A boatload of bad publicity might. calimary Oct 2024 #61

Sure, but these people are so greedy that soldierant Oct 2024 #86

I'm sorry but corporate media is killing local media. LuvLoogie Oct 2024 #25

I believe I may have under-represented my point... Moostache Oct 2024 #80

The LA Times ain't what it used to be. Liberal In Texas Oct 2024 #26

Sounds like the owner and editor wish Captain Zero Oct 2024 #46

The editor? LauraInLA Oct 2024 #47

It's turned into the Hollywood Reporter IMHO tenderfoot Oct 2024 #63

The Fox News-ification of everything media. Initech Oct 2024 #84

You're right--no honor in staying cyclonefence Oct 2024 #76

I'm canceling my subscription. Had it for over 20+ years. Initech Oct 2024 #83

Hats off to her showing courage and taking a stand against the owner and orange turd. brush Oct 2024 #2

Bet you don't know that Patrick Soon-Shiong malaise Oct 2024 #3

Oh, I know Nevilledog Oct 2024 #10

Ding ding malaise Oct 2024 #22

Both are canetoad Oct 2024 #38

And both fled with the cash malaise Oct 2024 #40

That's just Business Genius 101. dchill Oct 2024 #70

And good buddy of Lone Skum. I'm guessing. dchill Oct 2024 #12

Yes malaise Oct 2024 #60

I didn't. Ty electric_blue68 Oct 2024 #59

Right, but that doesn't mean what people think. ancianita Oct 2024 #64

This is what happens when billionaires buy media outlets MagickMuffin Oct 2024 #4

Foreign billionaire so malaise Oct 2024 #23

Hey, Malaise. I think Jeff Bezos is a US-born billionaire. erronis Oct 2024 #29

What about Musk and malaise Oct 2024 #62

Agree. Democracy is not in their interests or part of their plans. erronis Oct 2024 #65

" Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2024 #73

What an incredible back story to this discussion. Thank you for these intriguing references! erronis Oct 2024 #74

And WaPo has not endorsed for '24, either (yet, anyway) TheProle Oct 2024 #85

Soon-Shiong is an American citizen. ancianita Oct 2024 #67

Murdoch and Fux haven't been interested in democracy malaise Oct 2024 #68

Everyone knows that in hindsight, but ancianita Oct 2024 #69

Brave Bmoboy Oct 2024 #5

Soon rhymes with Moon....coincidence? msongs Oct 2024 #6

Moonie Times? Soonie Times? wolfie001 Oct 2024 #16

She is a brave soul. I hope she can find another good job. riversedge Oct 2024 #7

I canceled our Chicago Trib subscription when they told readers to vote for Gary Johnson as a protest vote Freethinker65 Oct 2024 #8

They did WHAT? ShazzieB Oct 2024 #34

The LA Times is now owned by a billionaire businessman. yardwork Oct 2024 #50

The Trib has always been a right-leaning rag. GoCubsGo Oct 2024 #77

Yes, I know they have always leaned conservative. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #87

Unfortunate that such a decision was necessary, but good that she had the integrity Raven123 Oct 2024 #9

Much respect to Mariel Garza! StarryNite Oct 2024 #11

Cool senseandsensibility Oct 2024 #13

Was hoping this would happen. The entire team needs to follow. Dem2theMax Oct 2024 #14

I think we should all drop Patrick Soon-Shiong a line.... Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #15

I said it here before,but worth repeating.. BattleRow Oct 2024 #17

I like the idea but I think it is a bit too 'facile'. erronis Oct 2024 #30

Perhaps trying to balance out the males who don't have enough? BattleRow Oct 2024 #35

History as preserved and recorded by men? intheflow Oct 2024 #72

Women with a set of steel ovaries Fullduplexxx Oct 2024 #36

And a spine to match! BattleRow Oct 2024 #41

I subscribed to that paper from 1989-1995 when I lived in LA. Basso8vb Oct 2024 #18

I cancelled my subscription tenderfoot Oct 2024 #19

I Hope Mariel Garza lands a Cha Oct 2024 #20

The L.A. Times used to be a great paper. Sad that things have changed. ificandream Oct 2024 #24

This is why he bought it. maxsolomon Oct 2024 #27

that's a big sacrifice PedroXimenez Oct 2024 #28

She deserves credit for resigning - it was the right thing to do Wiz Imp Oct 2024 #31

I believe they couldn't have run it without the help of other staff. LauraInLA Oct 2024 #48

I dumped my Times subscription about 6-9 months ago. Ranting Randy Oct 2024 #32

Maybe he's scared he'll be deported for not being a citizen if the orange maggot wins. kimbutgar Oct 2024 #33

He's a U.S. citizen. Trump wants him in his cabinet. ancianita Oct 2024 #66

I unsubscribed today Demovictory9 Oct 2024 #39

The Washington Post has also failed to endorse Harris. Sparkly Oct 2024 #42

It seems to be the women that have the guts to stand up to power. Bev54 Oct 2024 #43

Good for her. BadgerMom Oct 2024 #44

Poor Patrick BaronChocula Oct 2024 #49

Now the rest of the media orangecrush Oct 2024 #51

I'll be canceling.... flying-skeleton Oct 2024 #54

Hats off to Mariel Garza - very brave! nt TBF Oct 2024 #55

Wow and Good. Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #56

Anybody else noticing that women are especially good at standing up to authoritarians? Ramsey Barner Oct 2024 #57

I don't like telling people to quit their jobs. Iggo Oct 2024 #58

Righteous LudwigPastorius Oct 2024 #71

I was an editorial page editor too at a midsize Midwestern daily hawkeye21 Oct 2024 #75

I just read he is a South African Mr. Sparkle Oct 2024 #78

The article reports that the LAT owner and Musk are friendly SpankMe Oct 2024 #79

Bright owner. Damages his paper's reputation to help Trump in an election bucolic_frolic Oct 2024 #81

That shows some character. brava. n/t malthaussen Oct 2024 #82