Mariel Garza, the top editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times, quit after the newspaper’s owner blocked a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris for president.
The editorial board had planned to endorse Harris but was stopped by Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire biotech magnate who bought the newspaper in 2018, Garza said an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review.
"I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent,” Garza said. "In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.”
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