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The LA Times’s owner wants to take the struggling paper public. Will it work?

In recent years, the newspapers that have fared the best have been those with committed local ownership

The Guardian - US

Billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times says he will take the newspaper public in the coming year

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times since 2018, says he intends to take the newspaper public in the coming year

The Independent UK

The LA Times gives mealy-mouthed AI the last word on its opinion pieces

Is it raining? Yes—and also no.

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The end of the op-ed: LA Times uses AI to counteract its own views

As the LA Times unveils its AI Insights function on their opinion pieces, we look at how the feature undermines opinion journalism.

Euronews

LA Times reportedly removes new AI tool from story after it downplayed KKK

A day after launch of contentious feature, its bias meter said some accounts see Klan as ‘responding to societal changes’

The Guardian - US

The LA Times’ AI ‘bias meter’ looks like a bid to please Donald Trump

The paper’s billionaire owner, who barred it from endorsing Kamala Harris, is leaving human journalists out of the equation

The Guardian - US

The LA Times published an op-ed warning of AI’s dangers. It also published its AI tool’s reply

‘Insight’ labeled the argument ‘center-left’ and created a reply insisting AI will make storytelling more democratic

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LA Times to display AI-generated political rating on opinion pieces

Los Angeles paper’s ‘Insights’ tool comes after months of public debate between opinion staff and billionaire owner

The Guardian - US

LA Times "distorted" RFK Jr. op-ed

Eric Reinhart said the Los Angeles Times changed his piece to make it look like he backs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Salon

What to know about the LA Fire Department’s budget

Have budget cuts fuelled the Los Angeles fires? Mayor Bass defends decisions as winds drive blazes.

Al Jazeera

Los Angeles Top Newspaper Walks Back Previous Karen Bass Endorsement in Wake of Wildfires: 'That's a Mistake and We Admit That'

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the LA Times, has been highly critical of Bass' handling of the wildfires.

Latin Times

Why will the Washington Post be different during Trump’s second term?

As Trump’s inauguration looms, the paper, owned by Jeff Bezos, is in shambles – largely of its own making

The Guardian - US

Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos

Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes had drawn a cartoon of the paper’s owner kneeling before Donald Trump

The Guardian - US

LA Times owner talked with Rob Schneider about setting up a ‘MAGA version of The View’: report

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Salon

ABC News vs. The Lincoln Project

ABC News vs. The Lincoln Project is a First Amendment study in contrasts

Latin Times

LA Times Owner Urges Editorial Board to 'Take a Break' From Trump Weeks After Blocking Harris Endorsement: Report

Patrick Soon-Shiong has said the newspaper has become an "echo chamber" and that he wanted to see it become more "fair and balanced"

The Guardian - US

LA Times owner asks editorial board to ‘take a break’ from writing about Trump – report

Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who said paper is ‘echo chamber’, also blocked paper’s board from endorsing Harris

The Independent UK

LA Times staffers say billionaire owner’s pro-Trump meddling worse than previously reported

Editorials with Donald Trump are now only allowed if they present the ‘opposing view’

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The Independent UK

LA Times billionaire owner killed op-ed that was critical of Trump’s cabinet picks, report says

Patrick Soon-Shiong’s intervention comes after the billionaire owner blocked the editorial board’s endorsement of Kamala Harris

The Guardian - UK

Can billionaire media moguls be trusted in Trump’s America?

The new gatekeepers use ‘trust’ to discredit the press and talk about removing bias with AI - distracting us from their own shift to the right

The Independent UK

CNN conservative pundit Scott Jennings scorched by colleague for trying to manufacture ‘clip for the internet’

Scott Jennings repeatedly tried to bait Audie Cornish into saying he didn’t have any values and wasn’t a Christian

The Independent UK

LA Times staff outraged and columnist quits over owner's plan to add ‘bias meter’ to coverage

The newspaper’s guild fired back over Patrick Soon-Shiong’s plan, saying he’s ‘publicly suggested his staff harbors bias, without offering evidence or examples’

Latin Times

Presidential Historian Predicts Trump Could Ban Historians from Writing Books About His Presidency: 'That Question Is Open'

A historian stoked fears that Donald Trump will turn the nation into a dictatorship by insinuating he may forbid his term from being documented.

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles Times owner cites Gaza war as a reason not to endorse Harris

Internal email obtained by Drop Site News clashes with billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong’s remarks in interview

Al Jazeera

What is the history of newspaper endorsements and can they swing elections?

The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are at the centre of a heated debate about endorsement and press freedom.

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