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RockRaven

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4. Also just for self-preservation, to avoid consuming misinformation.

Reply to Keepthesoulalive (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 02:17 PM

Dec 13

One cannot trust what one reads in the LA Times to be truthful, given that the owner's whims and priorities rule what appears in the paper or not. There is no good reason to trust that this behavior doesn't also infect the non-op-ed pages.

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LA Times billionaire owner killed op-ed that was critical of Trump's cabinet picks, report says [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 13 OP

Right Wing Oligarchs yankee87 Dec 13 #1

Perhaps people should stop reading the L.A Times Keepthesoulalive Dec 13 #2

Also just for self-preservation, to avoid consuming misinformation. RockRaven Dec 13 #4

I agree Keepthesoulalive Dec 13 #6

Perhaps people like you should tell people like me where we can go for reliable news coverage... Hekate Dec 13 #8

This disinformation was well planned Keepthesoulalive Dec 13 #10

I, too, grew up and grew old with the LA Times. BadgerMom Dec 13 #15

Maybe circulation declines will drive him to sell the paper Ndp5 Dec 13 #28

Owner is destroying the value in his newspaper and journalism itself bucolic_frolic Dec 13 #3

The owner is the founder of some Blue_Tires Dec 13 #13

And another South African. n/t S/V Loner Dec 13 #16

Curiouser and curiouser... travelingthrulife Dec 14 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 13 #29

I believe that is the point. travelingthrulife Dec 14 #34

Welcome to the Oligarchy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 13 #5

And so they lined up to obey in advance and pulled down their pants to prepare for the dictator dance 0rganism Dec 13 #7

They submitted to the Leader before the election sarisataka Dec 13 #9

Hitler had to physically take over the media to control it in Germany.......not Trump n/t Bengus81 Dec 13 #11

In Timothy Snyder's book On Tyranny 20 Lessons From The 20th Century... nycbos Dec 13 #12

I read "LA Times billionaire owner killed" and got my hopes up. eggplant Dec 13 #14

Sounds like newspapers are scared. Nt Figarosmom Dec 13 #17

Scared of what? They're owned primarily by the right wing. live love laugh Dec 13 #26

He is hurting his cause. And doesn't seem to care. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 13 #18

"What is their core belief?" BumRushDaShow Dec 13 #19

That TY and Full Fascist Fuckery Cha Dec 13 #21

It's the Shiong Times & the Cha Dec 13 #20

Disgusting. Republicans don't need LAT's help spreading GOP bullshit. SunSeeker Dec 13 #22

The first five words of that headline... cactusfractal Dec 13 #23

Another apartheid loving asshole from SA. Just like Thiel and Leon. Hassler Dec 13 #24

Where can they reprint that Op-ed where it will get more attention? Baitball Blogger Dec 13 #25

The great Times journalist Jack Nelson choie Dec 13 #27

Normalizing fascism is the sole reason these fucks exist. Karasu Dec 13 #30

Fuck this asshole. Twice. ZonkerHarris Dec 14 #31

Wait, wait, don't tell me... Montauk6 Dec 14 #32

That subject line was great until we got to "op-ed" Orrex Dec 14 #33

Kick ck4829 Dec 16 #36