L.A. Times Columnist Quits Because of ‘Cowering’ Owner’s ‘Shameful Capitulation’ to Trump

(Via Mediaite)

EXCERPT:

LITMAN: “Well, I put it all out in my Substack, but let me just start here with everything we were saying last time. Papers have such an important role to play now and in this country. Trump has captured the political arena, maybe the Supreme Court, and he’s going after now the FBI, potentially the military. And really, they’re one of the few institutions to be able to stand up and push back. And it’s in their finest tradition. And Trump has made clear he’ll go after them. And that’s an absolute, you know, five alarm fire. And some papers and my former newspaper, ‘The L.A. Times,’ I think, rather than pushing back strongly in the tradition of the the finest papers in the country, think of Watergate and John Mitchell saying, if I can be vulgar, Katie Graham is going to get her tit caught in a wringer. And of course, they push back and of course, they — they fought the government. Here, I think there’s no other inference. But the owner of ‘The L.A.’ Times has decided to sort — to curry favor with Trump, to move in that direction, to be, in his own words, fair and balanced. And I just think this is not a time for balance when you have someone who’s not telling the truth on the other side. And it’s a deep responsibility. And instead, I think they cowered and are worried about their — their personal holdings and just being threatened by Trump, and that’s a really shameful capitulation, I think.”