It is alarming that the LA Times took a piece written by Dr. Reinhart, edited it to say the opposite of what he actuallly said, and then the owner, billionaire Trumper Dr. Soon-Shiong, tried to use the altered piece to amplify his own political beliefs. - ThreadSky

elizabethjacobs.bsky.social • 27 days ago

It is alarming that the LA Times took a piece written by Dr. Reinhart, edited it to say the opposite of what he actuallly said, and then the owner, billionaire Trumper Dr. Soon-Shiong, tried to use the altered piece to amplify his own political beliefs.

Reposted from Eric Reinhart

The New Republic has kindly published what the LA Times and its RFK Jr-supporting billionaire owner Pat Soon-Shiong tried to suppress: newrepublic.com/article/1910...

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horo.bsky.social•27 days ago

How does every LA Times staffer not resign immediately?

alexjanevski.bsky.social•27 days ago

Because they have California rents to pay?

dj1au.bsky.social•27 days ago

some no longer have homes

elizabethjacobs.bsky.social•27 days ago

Bills, lives, and who the hell is hiring? In my view it is us who most speak out and push back, not the people who are being abused.

bootzillah.bsky.social•27 days ago

Billionaire Trumper ?
Can anyone say republican?
How about billionaire owner of the la times who votes republican.
Trumper ? What’s a Trumper

gedutton.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yeah, I pretty much hate my home-town newspaper now . . .

nagual4444.bsky.social•27 days ago

We the people
Lost control in the Reagan years...

They own this country now...

It'll take shit no one wants nor any have the will
To take it back...

evly.bsky.social•27 days ago

📌

nobodynohow.bsky.social•27 days ago

Shameless profiteering is the root of the problem throughout human history. I am hopeful we finally learn this lesson...someday.

fivetonsflax.tilde.zone.ap.brid.gy•27 days ago

@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @nberlat.bsky.social The newsroom there is unionized, right? Where has the union been in all of this? They should be speaking up.

elizabethjacobs.bsky.social•27 days ago

Dunno. Not my wheelhouse.

starlightwishes.bsky.social•27 days ago

You can't work for fascist rags. They will always betray you.

pamnapo.bsky.social•27 days ago

The first victim of MAGA was truth and it started long before MAGA was even a thing. The Republicans have wanted us to not trust the media for decades. That’s why they created their own propaganda network. It worked! It worked beyond their wildest dreams.

chriskeppler.bsky.social•27 days ago

The LA Times was such a great paper. There are still a lot of terrific reporters there but I’d ignore the editorial page as long as Soon-Shiong owns the paper and puts his thumb on the scale.

talkingforfree.bsky.social•27 days ago

Our news reminds me of how we laughed at TASS in the 80s. Soviet propaganda, here we are.

lakers-lover.bsky.social•27 days ago

Time to start canceling those subscriptions we all signed up for in 2016.
If you gotta have em at least sign up for free through your local library and still cancel.

jaimehateschaos.bsky.social•27 days ago

Did Trump and his goons bribe and threaten the whole of our institutions? wtf is going on here. Not a single one is fighting this. It either that or they’re all complicit.

alexjanevski.bsky.social•27 days ago

They're all complicit. I hear the clanging of pitchforks.

jaimehateschaos.bsky.social•27 days ago

It sure as hell seems that way.

itsallgreektome.bsky.social•27 days ago

Maybe all those Americans who ignored critical reporting before oligarch supplication to trump (& then voted for him out of ignorance) had the right idea after all: toss the front page & opinion section & keep sports & puzzles. That's all these rags are good for now.

rudelyvangelder.bsky.social•27 days ago

The LAT sent me one of those “please resubscribe” offers this week, and my reply was simply "Not under your current ownership."

denisedwheeler.bsky.social•27 days ago

Ditto

mechanicaltherp.bsky.social•27 days ago

Alas, billionaire-owned corporations welcome the demise of their own media. They'll cry into their other money. No, the motivation is the dramaturgy of omnipotence, not one-off profitability. It's the billionaire equivalent to smashing guitars. Performance art, but with our democratic institutions.

faheyeliz.bsky.social•27 days ago

Alarming but utterly unsurprising.

francienh9.bsky.social•27 days ago

Interesting, because he knows how dangerous Covid is. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxwRN6nYACDhREFBI7vCdjxdpiR0CyOC6h?si=BnSYs1pXPa-_hTzM

millieto2.bsky.social•27 days ago

We are witnessing the collapse of all democratic institutions in the US in real time. It took Hitler 58 days to create a fascist government. Trump will beat that.

mollyclark4sanity.bsky.social•27 days ago

Dear god.

flynnish.bsky.social•27 days ago

You can’t trust the people you thought you could trust.

littlefonzie920.bsky.social•27 days ago

I agree with everything except “try.” He didn’t try, he did.

elizabethjacobs.bsky.social•27 days ago

You’re right.

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