LA Times billionaire owner killed op-ed that was critical of Trump's cabinet picks, report says

[BadgerMom]

15. I, too, grew up and grew old with the LA Times.

When the oligarch owner stopped the endorsement of Biden, I pulled the plug. I hoped something would change quickly, but, unsurprisingly, it’s gotten worse. I feel for my brother and his family who live
in Silverlake. Their choices for local news are limited to non-existent. I live part time in Southern California and New Mexico. I’m not as reliant on neighborhood level coverage by the Times. When I cancelled the Times I began a subscription to the Riverside Press-Enterprise. I grew up with the P-E, too. I even reported for them for a brief stint. It is now part of a seemingly loose conglomerate of SoCal papers. (I’m a little wary because the conglomerate includes the Orange County Register which, when I was younger, anyway, leaned right. No signs of contamination so far.) They do a great job of covering Southern California. It’s almost as though both-sides-ism isn’t their mantra! Plus they cover LA sports. I wish the Santa Barbara paper had remained independent and joined this news group. So, the P-E is a local LA-adjacent recommendation.

For national news I contribute to ProPublica. I subscribe to The New Republic, the Guardian, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, the last two not being traditional sources, but providing insights. I cancelled the New Yorker when they full-throatedly joined the cacophony screaming for Biden to step down. I no longer turn on the television for news.

I think we all have to remain attuned to what sort of news we’re being asked to consume and therefore to cast our nets as widely as our budgets will allow. I’d love it if making America great again meant restoring our MSM. Obviously, I’m not holding my breath!