LA Times owner blocked Kamala endorsement to protest Gaza war, daughter reveals

[AZLD4Candidate]

Source: AOL News

The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked his newspaper from endorsing Vice President Harris to protest her support of Israel’s war in Gaza, his daughter reveled on Saturday.

Nika Soon-Shiong, a 31-year-old far-left political activist, has been accused in the past of having undo influence at the paper, where she has no formal role.

“Our family made the joint decision not to endorse a Presidential candidate. This was the first and only time I have been involved in the process,” the younger Soon-Shiong said in a statement to the The New York Times.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/news/la-times-owner-blocked-kamala-205644925.html

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Petty and stupid.

[FarPoint]

1. I really think that is a lie...

I just don't believe it

[rpannier]

3. Her father palled with Trump during his time as president

She's lying
She's trying to provide him with cover

[LauraInLA]

10. She and her father don't get along. I think she took advantage of the situation.

[Vinca]

2. Well, it's probably true Trump would end it sooner. He'd tell Bebe to nuke the place and get it over with.

People should realize that either Harris or Trump will be elected and one prefers peace and will work for it, the other doesn't.

[yardwork]

14. If Israel wanted to commit genocide in Gaza they would have done so decades ago.

Viewing Israel through the lens of American colonialism is a mistake. The two histories have very little in common.

America, including the United States, was colonized by Europeans who conducted deliberate genocide, while simultaneously building an economy on the labor of enslaved people. Our history is ours to own and reckon with.

The history of Israel is one of defense and refuge from thousands of years of anti-Jewish oppression, culminating (but not ending) in deliberate genocide in the 1940s by Nazis and Muslim Arabs, who sought to kill every Jew in the Middle East. Israel has made mistakes but their intention is one of safety and refuge, not domination.

[hlthe2b]

4. Her father has denied she has any involvement or knowledge. This is a concerted effort to promote a false narrative.

[Roy Rolling]

5. Newspapers

And they wonder why newspapers are struggling.

Look at some of their owners.

[Easterncedar]

6. Damage control after the fact

[RockRaven]

7. More like "daughter claims"

And the rich dickhead denies it. Who cares which one is lying? In either scenario my opinion of both is poor. A pox on them both either way.

[yaesu]

8. BS, its about a fascist supporting a fascist plain and simple. nt

[mn9driver]

9. You don't announce a "protest" days after you do it.

This is clearly BS.

[BaronChocula]

11. If that's true

the paper would have made a statement of no endorsement.

[Blue for the win]

12. If Trump wins hopefully they'll be sent back

Well someone that ignorant shouldn't have any say so at all. Maybe her daddy found that out now

[ismnotwasm]

13. Bullshit

[TBF]

15. Total BS - and if it were true it would be damned stupid.

Trump is the one who is going to pave Gaza to put up his luxury condos. Does he think Palestinians will be invited to live in them? This is the dumbest excuse I've ever heard.

[republianmushroom]

16. B.S.

[NotHardly]

17. China coins or Putin payroll... they are all the same, little lackey liars.

[malthaussen]

18. If true, they should have said so at the time.

Otherwise, bullshit.

-- Mal

[IL Dem]

19. I say BS.

Having said that, there's this:

"having undo influence at the paper,"

A pet peeve of mine. A professional writer should know the difference between "undo" and "undue".