Tag: Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times Sells The San Diego Union-Tribune to Alden Global Capital

SAN DIEGO—The Los Angeles Times has sold The San Diego Union-Tribune to an affiliate of MediaNews Group, according to a memo sent to staff on July 10. The letter from L.A. Times president Chris Argentieri states the transaction was completed as of Monday afternoon for Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group to purchase San Diego’s long-running…


Los Angeles Times Cutting More Than 10 Percent of Newsroom

The Los Angeles Times this week became the latest media organization to announce job cuts, saying it would terminate more than 10 percent of its newsroom. The paper is firing 74 newsroom employees, a spokeswoman confirmed via email to The Epoch Times on June 8. “We have made the difficult decision to undergo a reorganization…


Latest LA Times ‘China Watch’ Propaganda Promotes PRC Economic Recovery

Commentary The Los Angeles Times continues to profit from slipping in an unedited Chinese propaganda sheet, “China Watch,” into its Sunday newspaper, as I reported last September in The Epoch Times. The L.A. Times China Watch “advertising supplement” is part of China Daily, which Wikipedia identifies as “an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese…


Los Angeles Times Denies Submitting Questions to the White House Before Press Conference

The Los Angeles Times is denying allegations that it submitted questions to the White House before President Joe Biden’s April 26 press conference, despite a cheat sheet Biden was holding. “Our reporter did not submit any questions in advance of the Q&A with President Biden,” a spokesperson for the paper told The Epoch Times. While…


Media Hysteria Fuels Anti-Gun Panic

Commentary Emotionalism is the worst way to deal with policies. Yet it’s the main force behind the media hysteria pushing gun control. Especially by the Los Angeles Times, the main gun-control force in California. This is shown by two recent opinion articles they ran. Calina Ciobanu, a teacher and writer in Los Angeles, on Feb….


Los Angeles Times’ Risible Attack on Oil Profits

Commentary One of the great reasons to read The Epoch Times is to counter the nonsense on California perpetrated every day by the Los Angeles Times, which is still highly influential in state politics. A case in point is a recent editorial that opines, “Big Oil reaps record profits while the planet burns. California should…


Los Angeles Times Reporter Dies at 33

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Times breaking news reporter Gregory Yee has died at the age of 33, the newspaper reported Jan. 5. Yee died on Jan. 4 at the Hollywood bungalow where he lived, apparently from complications from a respiratory issue, according to the newspaper. Yee was born and raised in the Los Angeles area and…


Los Angeles Times Distorts Newsom’s New Gas Tax

Commentary Now and then the Los Angeles Times comes out against a tax increase, as with Proposition 30 this year, the added income tax on millionaires. But Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed new gas tax isn’t one of those times. Unfortunately, the L.A. Times is one of the most influential powers in the state. Fortunately, we now…


Ep. 69: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Knew That the ‘Border Patrol Agents Whipping Migrants’ Story Was Fake | The Larry Elder Show

Documents obtained by the Heritage Foundation after it sued the DHS reveal that one of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s staffers emailed him the account of photographer Paul Ratje, who took the viral photos, less than three hours before the White House press conference where the secretary condemned the agents. “I’ve never seen them whip anyone,”…


Ep. 69: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Knew Within Hours That the ‘Border Patrol Agents Whipping Migrants’ Story Was Fake | The Larry Elder Show

Documents obtained by the Heritage Foundation after it sued the DHS reveal that one of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s staffers emailed him the account of photographer Paul Ratje, who took the viral photos, less than three hours before the White House press conference where the secretary condemned the agents. “I’ve never seen them whip anyone,”…