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RockRaven

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4. Also just for self-preservation, to avoid consuming misinformation.

Reply to Keepthesoulalive (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 02:17 PM

Dec 2024

One cannot trust what one reads in the LA Times to be truthful, given that the owner's whims and priorities rule what appears in the paper or not. There is no good reason to trust that this behavior doesn't also infect the non-op-ed pages.

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LA Times billionaire owner killed op-ed that was critical of Trump's cabinet picks, report says [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 OP

Right Wing Oligarchs yankee87 Dec 2024 #1

Perhaps people should stop reading the L.A Times Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #2

Also just for self-preservation, to avoid consuming misinformation. RockRaven Dec 2024 #4

I agree Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #6

Perhaps people like you should tell people like me where we can go for reliable news coverage... Hekate Dec 2024 #8

This disinformation was well planned Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #10

I, too, grew up and grew old with the LA Times. BadgerMom Dec 2024 #15

Maybe circulation declines will drive him to sell the paper Ndp5 Dec 2024 #28

Owner is destroying the value in his newspaper and journalism itself bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #3

The owner is the founder of some Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #13

And another South African. n/t S/V Loner Dec 2024 #16

Curiouser and curiouser... travelingthrulife Dec 2024 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #29

I believe that is the point. travelingthrulife Dec 2024 #34

Welcome to the Oligarchy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2024 #5

And so they lined up to obey in advance and pulled down their pants to prepare for the dictator dance 0rganism Dec 2024 #7

They submitted to the Leader before the election sarisataka Dec 2024 #9

Hitler had to physically take over the media to control it in Germany.......not Trump n/t Bengus81 Dec 2024 #11

In Timothy Snyder's book On Tyranny 20 Lessons From The 20th Century... nycbos Dec 2024 #12

I read "LA Times billionaire owner killed" and got my hopes up. eggplant Dec 2024 #14

Sounds like newspapers are scared. Nt Figarosmom Dec 2024 #17

Scared of what? They're owned primarily by the right wing. live love laugh Dec 2024 #26

He is hurting his cause. And doesn't seem to care. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2024 #18

"What is their core belief?" BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 #19

That TY and Full Fascist Fuckery Cha Dec 2024 #21

It's the Shiong Times & the Cha Dec 2024 #20

Disgusting. Republicans don't need LAT's help spreading GOP bullshit. SunSeeker Dec 2024 #22

The first five words of that headline... cactusfractal Dec 2024 #23

Another apartheid loving asshole from SA. Just like Thiel and Leon. Hassler Dec 2024 #24

Where can they reprint that Op-ed where it will get more attention? Baitball Blogger Dec 2024 #25

The great Times journalist Jack Nelson choie Dec 2024 #27

Normalizing fascism is the sole reason these fucks exist. Karasu Dec 2024 #30

Fuck this asshole. Twice. ZonkerHarris Dec 2024 #31

Wait, wait, don't tell me... Montauk6 Dec 2024 #32

That subject line was great until we got to "op-ed" Orrex Dec 2024 #33

Kick ck4829 Dec 2024 #36