The hope: The L.A. Times will appear more “objective” if it presents both sides of an issue, even if one side’s written by a human and the other side is generated by AI. The reality: Kind of a mess.
It was the first time many Americans saw Rupert Murdoch using his news outlets to advance his interests — and a lesson in how a media mogul’s outside financial ties can taint the editorial product.
Led by risk-averse corporate owners, dozens of the biggest U.S. newspapers have decided their editorials should express opinions on everything except who should be president.
Under new owner Alden Global Capital, there’s no plan for the future. There’s just revenue extraction for as long as a generation of older newspaper subscribers live to keep paying their bills.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "The LA Times’ Día de Muertos digital altar was its most successful audience call-out ever." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 27 Oct. 2022. Web. 18 Mar. 2025.
APA
Owen, L. (2022, Oct. 27). The LA Times’ Día de Muertos digital altar was its most successful audience call-out ever. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/10/the-la-times-dia-de-muertos-digital-altar-was-its-most-successful-audience-call-out-ever/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "The LA Times’ Día de Muertos digital altar was its most successful audience call-out ever." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 27, 2022. Accessed March 18, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/10/the-la-times-dia-de-muertos-digital-altar-was-its-most-successful-audience-call-out-ever/.
Wikipedia
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