LA Times editor addresses staff 'concerns' after owner suggests he wants to overhaul paper

The apical exertion astatine The Los Angeles Times reportedly reassured disquieted unit Friday aft the outlet's billionaire proprietor vowed to instrumentality the insubstantial successful a caller absorption to guarantee "all voices are heard."

L.A. Times proprietor Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong said that helium wanted to redo the "entire" paper, aft promising earlier successful the week determination would beryllium a "new editorial board."

"If it's news, it should conscionable beryllium the facts, period," Soon-Shiong explained to "Fox News @ Night" big Trace Gallagher Thursday. "And if it's an opinion, that's possibly an sentiment of the news, and that's what I telephone present a voice. And so, we privation voices from each sides to beryllium heard, and we privation the quality to beryllium conscionable the facts."

L.A. Times enforcement exertion Terry Tang reportedly emailed unit aft the interrogation aired to code "concerns" astir Soon-Shiong's remarks.

LOS ANGELES TIMES OWNER VOWS TO SHAKE THINGS UP, MAKE THE HISTORIC PAPER A PLACE WHERE 'ALL VOICES' ARE HEARD

Los Angeles Times proprietor Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong explains what absorption helium wants to instrumentality the paper. ((Patrick T. Fallon / AFP | Marco Tacca/Getty Images | Fox News Digital ))

"Patrick has expressed his afloat enactment and assurance successful maine and the editorial leaders to tally the quality study arsenic we have. The LA Times newsroom has ever strived for factual accuracy, dogged accountability journalism, and broad quality coverage, and that rule and signifier volition not change," she wrote, according to a connection shared by New York Times' media newsman Ben Mullins.

"Patrick's interest, arsenic helium has expressed successful interviews, is to person a greater assortment of views represented successful the Opinion conception and much intelligibly statement for our readers the quality betwixt a quality portion and an sentiment piece. In the coming weeks, determination volition beryllium much to stock connected however the paper tin execute this," Tang's email continued. 

The exertion ended her email promising determination would beryllium unit meetings to code the caller protocols successful the coming weeks.

Soon-Shiong ignited uproar from the paper's wide unit successful October aft helium said determination would beryllium no endorsement of a campaigner successful the 2024 statesmanlike race. The paper's editorial committee has endorsed each Democratic statesmanlike campaigner since 2008 and had planned to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession code aft the 2024 statesmanlike election, connected Wednesday, Nov. 6, connected the field of Howard University successful Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

The determination sparked backlash from staff, prompting 3 editorial committee members to resign successful protest.

Soon-Shiong pledged implicit the play that the insubstantial volition person a "new editorial board" successful bid to beforehand "trust" successful the media successful the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump's resounding victory.

"When the President has won the ballot of the bulk of Americans past ALL voices indispensable beryllium heard. Opinions are conscionable that. I volition enactment towards making our insubstantial and media just and balanced truthful that each voices are heard and we tin respectfully speech each American’s presumption ..from near to close to the center. Coming soon. A caller Editorial Board. Trust successful media is captious for a beardown democracy," Soon-Shiong posted to X connected Sunday.

LOS ANGELES TIMES OWNER ANNOUNCES PAPER WILL HAVE A NEW EDITORIAL BOARD SOON SO ‘ALL VOICES ARE HEARD'

He reiterated connected Fox News that helium wanted the insubstantial to beryllium much than an "echo chamber."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump arrives astatine a run rally astatine Santander Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, successful Reading, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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"And so, it's going to beryllium risky and difficult. I'm going to instrumentality a batch of heat, which I already am, but you know, I travel from the presumption that truly it's important for each voices to beryllium heard," helium told FNC's Gallagher.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the L.A. Times and Tang for remark but did not instantly person a response.

Fox News' Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.