The Los Angeles Times is restricting staffers who signed a letter criticizing Israel’s military presence in Gaza from coverage of the war in the region for at least three months. Almost a dozen L.A. Times staffers signed the open letter earlier this month. The L.A. Times has not responded to requests from TheWrap for comment. The letter condemns Israel’s bombing of Gaza with a demand for newsrooms to use language like “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” to refer to the Israeli military operations in the region. Semafor’s Maxwell Tani first reported the news of these journalists being barred from covering the conflict, citing two people with knowledge of the situation.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 17, 2023 04:03 UTC