The billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times gave a bizarre defense for his plans to overhaul the “very left” editorial board after he blocked it from endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong said Harris’ support for Israel’s military actions in Gaza was one of the main reasons he refused to endorse the Democrat and said he wants to hire more conservative voices — an odd view considering that the majority of conservatives back the Jewish state’s war against Hamas terrorists.
Nevertheless, Soon-Shiong insisted he was seeking a better “balance” after vowing to replace the remaining members of the editorial board who did not quit after he killed the endorsement for Harris..
“If we were honest with ourselves, our current board of opinion writers veered very left, which is fine, but I think in order to have balance, you also need to have somebody who would trend right, and more importantly, somebody that would trend in the middle,” Soon-Shiong said.
Last month, he blocked his editorial board from publishing its endorsement of Harris — instead suggesting that it print two side-by-side analysis pieces that included the pros and cons of electing either the Democrat or Republican Donald Trump, who ended up winning decisively.
Thousands canceled their subscriptions in protest and several members of the editorial board resigned.
Read more here from the New York Post.