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LA Times Owner Personally Reviews Opinion Headlines to Avoid Offending Elon Musk
- hn_acker 2y agoThe original title is: > LA Times Owner To Personally Review Opinion Headlines To Avoid Offending Elon Musk It is already happening. The relevant referenced article from Status [1] is paywalled. The author of the referenced article summarized [2]: > Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece by @vpheffernan about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed over to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. ... > More: In a conversation with right-wing media personality Scott Jennings, Patrick Soon-Shiong revealed that he plans to put an AI-powered "bias meter" on stories published by the LA Times. "People are now deeply fucking concerned," one staffer bluntly told me Wednesday night. [1] https://www.status.news/p/los-angeles-times-patrick-soon-shiong https://www.status.news/p/los-angeles-times-patrick-soon-shi... [2] https://www.threads.net/@oliverdarcy/post/DDLwBiTMxbB https://www.threads.net/@oliverdarcy/post/DDLwBiTMxbB
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- peutetre 2y agoGutless. That's how it happens in authoritarian regimes. People start obeying in advance. Do not obey in advance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tocssf3w80&t=149s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tocssf3w80&t=149s