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L.A. Times Owner Speaks Out After Newsroom Reacts To Way He Reacted To Drew Pinsky’s Attacks On His Own Reporter


L.A. Times Owner Laughs Off Comments By Drew Pinsky About Paper's "Disgusting" Coverage Of Him; Staffers Angry Over How He Kept Quiet During "Attacks"

Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is once again in hot water with his newsroom after he appeared on Dr. Drew Pinsky’s podcast and didn’t defend the past work of one of his reporters. “In 2021 our colleague Jaclyn Cosgrove was tasked with writing articles about the nomination of Dr. Drew Pinsky to the commission that oversees the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. In October, the paper made national news — while some of its own staffers quit — after Soon-Shiong informed his editorial board that the Time would be making no endorsement in the presidential race.

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