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"content": "<h2>Sad days in journalism</h2><p>In the past few days, two major newspapers failed their readers and the rest of us in the face of threats to the constitution.</p><p>Shame on both the L.A. Times and the Washington Post, or more specifically on their mega-rich owners, who made the decisions to not endorse any presidential candidate.</p><p>Some members of their editorial boards promptly resigned in protest.</p><p>The actions by the owners — Patrick Soon-Shiong at the L.A. Times and Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post — both failed to stand up for the First Amendment and pretty much everything else that matters to protecting our freedom.</p><p>Whether this was cowardice or greed or distaste for democracy doesn’t really matter at this point. Both have committed journalistic malpractice.</p><p>The New York Times endorsed Harris weeks ago. <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024.html?smid=nytcore-android-share\">Read it here</a>. No punches pulled.</p><p>B.J., former journalist hoping the press remains free</p></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://smithcompound.blog/tag/crime/\">#Crime</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://smithcompound.blog/tag/journalism/\">#Journalism</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://smithcompound.blog/tag/politics/\">#Politics</a></p>",
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"en": "<h2>Sad days in journalism</h2><p>In the past few days, two major newspapers failed their readers and the rest of us in the face of threats to the constitution.</p><p>Shame on both the L.A. Times and the Washington Post, or more specifically on their mega-rich owners, who made the decisions to not endorse any presidential candidate.</p><p>Some members of their editorial boards promptly resigned in protest.</p><p>The actions by the owners — Patrick Soon-Shiong at the L.A. Times and Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post — both failed to stand up for the First Amendment and pretty much everything else that matters to protecting our freedom.</p><p>Whether this was cowardice or greed or distaste for democracy doesn’t really matter at this point. Both have committed journalistic malpractice.</p><p>The New York Times endorsed Harris weeks ago. <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024.html?smid=nytcore-android-share\">Read it here</a>. No punches pulled.</p><p>B.J., former journalist hoping the press remains free</p></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://smithcompound.blog/tag/crime/\">#Crime</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://smithcompound.blog/tag/journalism/\">#Journalism</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://smithcompound.blog/tag/politics/\">#Politics</a></p>"
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