Los Angeles Times readers are fuming over the paper’s decision to not endorse a presidential candidate this year, with many of them posting on X that they’re canceling their subscriptions over the “deplorable” move.
Semafor reported on Tuesday the LA Times wouldn’t be endorsing either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president at the behest of billionaire businessman owner Patrick Soon-Shiong. The editorial board was prepared to endorse Harris and has endorsed the Democratic candidate in each of the past four elections, going back to Barack Obama in 2008.
The decision to abstain from endorsing angered a number of Harris fans who jumped on X to say they were ditching the paper.