Two More Quit the Los Angeles Times

Oliver Darcy: “Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times, has plunged his newspaper into an astonishing state of turmoil, leaving the largest publication west of the Mississippi in a state of disarray.”

“One day after opinion boss Mariel Garza resigned in protest of Soon-Shiong blocking the outlet’s editorial board from making an endorsement in the high-stakes 2024 election, two more staffers have followed suit.”

The Wrap: “The Los Angeles Times has lost two more longtime editorial writers, the latest in a growing exodus to protest owner Patrick Soon-Shiong’s interference with the paper’s planned endorsement of Kamala Harris.”