November 13, 2024 · Information Integrity, Press & Democratic Norms
· corporate editorial change
Confirmed
Los Angeles Times Owner Blocks the Harris Endorsement and Remakes the Editorial Board
Contextual record — predates the administration but created conflicts that carried into it.
Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked the Los Angeles Times editorial board's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris, prompting the resignation of the editorials editor and other board members, and subsequently announced a reconstituted editorial board with a broader ideological range. The Washington Post's owner made a comparable decision on endorsements in the same period.
The episode predates the second administration and involved no government demand. It is recorded as context for the pattern of proprietors adjusting editorial posture in anticipation of the incoming administration rather than in response to any action by it, and it should not be counted among the concessions extracted after 2025-01-20.
The new editorial board process was instituted during 2025.
The episode predates the second administration and involved no government demand. It is recorded as context for the pattern of proprietors adjusting editorial posture in anticipation of the incoming administration rather than in response to any action by it, and it should not be counted among the concessions extracted after 2025-01-20.
The new editorial board process was instituted during 2025.
Sources
- LA Times editorials editor resigns after owner blocks Harris endorsement — CNN, 2024-11-13