{"id":117809,"date":"2024-10-24T11:56:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T04:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117809"},"modified":"2024-10-24T11:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T04:56:48","slug":"los-angeles-times-editor-mariel-garza-resigns-after-newspaper-owner-blocked-plans-to-endorse-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117809","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Times editor Mariel Garza resigns after newspaper owner blocked plans to endorse Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">New York<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mettni00c02dp08yzf75w8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The leader of the Los Angeles Times\u2019 editorial board said Wednesday she has resigned from her post in protest after the newspaper\u2019s owner blocked a decision to endorse Kamala Harris in the presidential election.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2meu0pk00003d5v8iysbt87@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent,\u201d Mariel Garza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/business_of_news\/los-angeles-times-editorials-editor-resigns-after-owner-blocks-presidential-endorsement.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Columbia Journalism Review<\/a> in an interview. \u201cIn dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I\u2019m standing up.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mfjdki000o3d5v79tw0yyo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Garza\u2019s resignation comes after Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire doctor who purchased the publication in 2018 for $500 million, told the Times\u2019 editorial board not to endorse in the presidential race, she said. The newspaper has endorsed a candidate in every presidential election since it backed Barack Obama in 2008.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mgazpb00053d5v7ap4ajwu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As California\u2019s most widely-circulated newspaper, as well as one of the country\u2019s largest, the Times\u2019 decision not to endorse a presidential candidate raised questions about potential political interference. Garza told CJR the editorial board had intended to endorse Harris, who previously served as a US Senator from California and the state\u2019s attorney general.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mgayfs00023d5vfhcewjjr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI didn\u2019t think we were going to change our readers\u2019 minds\u2014our readers, for the most part, are Harris supporters,\u201d Garza told CJR. \u201cWe\u2019re a very liberal paper. I didn\u2019t think we were going to change the outcome of the election in California.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mgrcjl00003d5vyif8tca1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A Los Angeles Times spokesperson did not respond to a CNN request for comment, but in a social media post Soon-Shiong wrote, \u201cThe Editorial Board was provided the opportunity to draft a factual analysis of all the POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE policies by EACH candidate during their tenures at the White House, and how these policies affected the nation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2midfjx00023d5vtnabh8ix@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWith this clear and non-partisan information side-by-side, our readers could decide who would be worthy of being President for the next four years,\u201d he wrote. \u201cInstead of adopting this path as suggested, the Editorial Board chose to remain silent and I accepted their decision.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mgeqok000a3d5veosnaqjf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Garza\u2019s resignation comes a month after the Times published its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2024-09-10\/los-angeles-times-elections-endorsements-2024-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electoral endorsements<\/a>\u00a0for the November election, which notably did not include the presidential race.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mfhuxw000g3d5v7mv0nf54@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis is a point in time where you speak your conscience no matter what,\u201d Garza told CJR. \u201cAnd an endorsement was the logical next step after a series of editorials we\u2019ve been writing about how dangerous Trump is to democracy, about his unfitness to be president, about his threats to jail his enemies.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mfhp43000d3d5vtk8t0q4e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s perplexing to readers, and possibly suspicious, that we didn\u2019t endorse her this time,\u201d Garza told CJR.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mhqcgj000p3d5v0arnsyel@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Times\u2019 decision not to endorse was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/10\/22\/2024\/los-angeles-times-wont-endorse-for-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported<\/a> Tuesday by Semafor. The Trump campaign quickly seized on the news, calling it a \u201chumiliating blow\u201d for Harris, indicating that \u201ceven her fellow Californians know she\u2019s not up for the job.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mh4qkk00063d5vazih8czh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a resignation letter to the Times\u2019 executive editor Terry Tang and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/business_of_news\/los-angeles-times-editorials-editor-resigns-after-owner-blocks-presidential-endorsement.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published by<\/a> CJR, Garza wrote that she struggled with her \u201cfeelings about the implications of our silence.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mh63uy000b3d5vm0eul65c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI told myself that presidential endorsements don\u2019t really matter; that California was not ever going to vote for Trump,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBut the reality hit me like cold water Tuesday when the news rippled out about the decision not to endorse without so much as a comment from the LAT management, and Donald Trump turned it into an anti-Harris rip.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2mfiv43000l3d5vytp4b6r3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn these dangerous times, staying silent isn\u2019t just indifference, it is complicity,\u201d Garza added. \u201cI\u2019m standing up by stepping down from the editorial board. Please accept this as my formal resignation, effective immediately.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/23\/media\/los-angeles-times-endorsement-harris-resign\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The leader of the Los Angeles Times\u2019 editorial board said Wednesday she has resigned from her post in protest after the newspaper\u2019s owner blocked a decision &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117809\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}