Alongside its endorsement of Kamala Harris, the Los Angeles Times editorial board had also planned a multi-part series against Donald Trump before the whole thing was quashed by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, TheWrap has learned.
According to internal memos viewed by TheWrap, the series, tentatively called “The Case Against Trump,” would have ran throughout this week. The endorsement of Kamala Harris would then have been published on Sunday.
However, Soon-Shiong ordered the cancellation 0f the series and the endorsement without explanation, current and now former staffers have confirmed, setting off a massive crisis for the 142-year-old paper.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024.html
I don’t love the Times editorial/opinion boards but they’re hardly the same as WaPo and the L.A. Times. They also happen to be one of the only places to get decent coverage of global conflicts, along with Bellingcat and War Nerd. They should absolutely make significant changes in their, frankly, shit tier Gaza coverage. They’re also reporting on increasing attacks against the LGBTQ+ community in the Ivory Coast.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/world/africa/ivory-coast-lgbtq.html
And secret prisons in Bangladesh, where prisoners are tortured and disappeared.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/world/asia/bangladesh-disappeared.html
And (like everyone else) that Israel killed Lebanese journalists. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/world/middleeast/israel-strike-lebanon-journalists.html
They also featured firsthand accounts by doctors and a teacher of the horrors of IDF intentionally targeting children.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/09/opinion/gaza-doctor-interviews.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/opinion/gaza-teacher-students-school.html
So yes, NYT has awful coverage of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Institutions are complicated and agenda-driven. They also have better coverage of conflicts in the rest of the world than most news outlets.
They also, unlike the Post and L.A. Times, actually picked a side, which is what’s specifically relevant to this post.