The Los Angeles Instances won’t endorse a presidential candidate this 12 months, based on a brand new report.
Semafor’s Max Tani reported Tuesday the paper’s editorial board won’t endorse a presidential candidate for the primary time since endorsing then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2008, including the choice got here from the proprietor himself.
“But according to two people familiar with the situation, executive editor Terry Tang told editorial board staff earlier this month that the paper would not be endorsing a candidate in the presidential election this cycle, a decision that came from the paper’s owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a doctor who made his fortune in the healthcare industry,” Tani wrote.
The Los Angeles Instances declined to remark to Fox Information Digital. (AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL BOUYS)
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An L.A. Instances spokesperson declined to remark to Fox Information Digital on the report, saying, “We do not comment on internal discussions or decisions about editorials or endorsements.”
The L.A. editorial board issued presidential endorsements from the Eighties by 1972, solely returning to the apply to endorse Obama in 2008. Since then, they’ve completely endorsed Democratic presidential candidates.
The LA Instances has largely endorsed Democratic candidates like former President Barack Obama since 2008. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)
Tani additionally reported Quickly-Shiong, who purchased that paper in 2018, beforehand overruled the editorial board in 2020 after it had deliberate to endorse a candidate within the Democratic major.
After initially selecting Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, “at the last minute Soon-Shiong overruled its leadership and said there would be no endorsement in the primary race.”
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The editorial board later endorsed Joe Biden for president.
The Los Angeles Instances endorsed different Democratic candidates for Congress. (Screenshot/NBC Information)
The L.A. Instances launched its statewide and nationwide endorsements final week, together with Democratic candidates for the U.S. Home and Senate.
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