LA Times Editor Quits in Protest Over Owner’s Demands for No POTUS Endorsement

In response to the owner of the Los Angeles Times decreeing that the paper would not be endorsing a candidate in this year’s presidential race, Mariel Garza, the editor of editorials for the Times, has resigned from her position. Health tech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who bought the Times in 2018, told staff at the paper on October 11 that, while the editorial board could issue…

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