LA Times editorials editor quits after billionaire owner reportedly blocked paper from endorsing Harris

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned in protest at billionaire owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong reportedly ordering the paper to withold a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. “Instead of adopting this path as suggested, the Editorial Board chose to remain silent and I accepted their decision.” Earlier this month, as the editorial board was preparing a planned Harris endorsement, staff members were told that Soon-Shiong had decided the paper would not be backing a candidate for 2024, Semafor reported on Tuesday. open image in gallery Los Angeles Times owner reportedly blocked editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris “We do not comment on internal discussions or decisions about editorials or endorsements,” the paper said in response to the report. “In Kamala’s own home state, the Los Angeles Times—the state’s largest newspaper—has declined to endorse the Harris-Walz ticket, despite endorsing the Democrat nominees in every election for decades,” the campaign said in an email blast.