Amy Goodman
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Writers at L.A. Times & WaPo Resign After Billionaire Owners Block Kamala Harris Endorsements
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The _Los Angeles Times_ and _The Washington Post_ announced that they would not be endorsing anyone in the U.S. presidential election this year, breaking decades of precedent and overriding planned endorsements of Kamala Harris. The decisions were ordered by the outlets' multibillionaire owners, Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bezos. We speak with the _Los Angeles Times_ editorials editor Mariel Garza, who quit when the paper killed the endorsement of Harris, and veteran _Washington Post_ reporter David Hoffman, who stepped down from the paper's editorial board in response. "We are right on the doorstep of the most consequential election in our lifetimes. To pull the plug on the endorsement, to go silent against Trump days before the election, that to me was just unconscionable," says Hoffman. "This is not a time in American history when anyone can remain silent or neutral," adds Garza.
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