(The Guardian) Following news that the owner of the Los Angeles Times had prohibited the paper from endorsing a presidential candidate, the editorials editor resigned today. The editorial board had planned to endorse Kamala Harris.
“I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent,” Mariel Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review. “In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.”
The paper’s owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, told the editorial board that the paper would not endorse a candidate on October 11. By then, Garza had already drafted a proposed editorial endorsing Harris on behalf of the board.
“I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent,” Mariel Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review. “In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.”
The paper’s owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, told the editorial board that the paper would not endorse a candidate on October 11. By then, Garza had already drafted a proposed editorial endorsing Harris on behalf of the board.
