Daughter of Los Angeles Times Owner Says Paper Is Refusing to Endorse a Candidate Overseeing a War on Children

Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/la-times-presidential-endorsement-decision-owners-daughter-weighs-in-1236045376/
Published: Oct 29, 2024
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2024-10-29 08:21:07 by Horse
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The daughter of Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong is weighing in on the controversy that has erupted around the paper’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate in 2024, saying that “for me, genocide is a line in the sand.”

In a thread of social media posts on Thursday, Nika Soon-Shiong attributed the decision to an opposition to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ position on the war on Gaza. She wrote that her father, a South African transplant surgeon, had worked as an emergency surgeon at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto during apartheid. “For my family, Apartheid is not a vague concept.” Maintaining that the decision to endorse was one made by the Los Angeles Times editorial board, Nika added, “This is not a vote for Donald Trump. This is a refusal to ENDORSE a candidate that is overseeing a war on children.”

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