L.A. Times Newsroom Angry After Owner Appears To Laugh Off Attacks On Reporter By Dr. Drew Pinsky
deadline.comLos 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.
During a 90-minute discussion Tuesday that encompassed Mayor Karen Bass, the wildfires and their mutual admiration for RFK Jr’s nomination for Health Secretary, Pinsky brought up on Ask Dr.
Drew how the Times’ covered his 2021 nomination to the commission that oversees L.A.’s Homeless Services Authority. Pinsky claimed that Times reporter Jaclyn Cosgrove never contacted him at the time, and called their coverage of him “disgusting.” Soon-Shiong appeared to laugh off his comments about Cosgrove, who uses they/them pronouns, and said this in response, “I think you’re right.
You know, the unfairness of …and that was supposed to be a news report rather than opinion … and that’s what I also think is wrong about media here.
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