LOS ANGELES — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned after the paper’s owner obstructed the board’s strategy to back Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
Veteran reporters Robert Greene and Karin Klein revealed their resignations Thursday, a day after the editorial page editor Mariel Garza left in demonstration over LA Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s choice not to back a prospect.
Greene, a Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial composing, stated in a declaration shared with the Columbia Journalism Review that he was “deeply dissatisfied” in the choice not to back Harris.
“I acknowledge that it is the owner’s choice to make,” he composed. “But it hurt especially because one of the prospects, Donald Trump, has showed such hostility to concepts that are main to journalism — regard for the reality and respect for democracy.”
Garza informed the Columbia Journalism Review that she resigned since the Times was staying quiet on the governmental race in “dangerous times.”
“I am resigning since I desire to make it clear that I am not OK with us being quiet,” Garza stated. “In harmful times, truthful individuals requirement to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.”
Garza stated the board had meant to back Harris and that she had prepared the overview of a proposed editorial however that was obstructed by Soon-Shiong.
An LA Times representative did not rightaway respond to an e-mail askingfor remark.
An editorial board runs independently from the newsroom, and its authors’ task is to present an problem and then take a side and lay out arguments to safeguard it.
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