Patrick Soon-Shiong. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesIn an internal email sent on November 3, Patrick Soon-Shiong, medical technology billionaire and owner of the Times, outlined some of the reasons behind his decision that the paper would not endorse a candidate for president this year. After The Washington Post’s owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos similarly made a decision not to endorse, 250,000 readers reportedly canceled their subscriptions. “The temptation is to speak in muffled tones about an issue the international courts have called a plausible genocide. It was more courageous in not endorsing than endorsing either candidate in support of this inaction.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2024 22:59 UTC