(Headline USA) A federal investigation into Chinese government efforts to hack into U.S. telecommunications networks has revealed a “broad and significant” cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing information from Americans who work in government and politics, the FBI said Wednesday.
Hackers affiliated with Beijing have compromised the networks of “multiple” telecommunications companies to obtain customer call records and gain access to the private communications of “a limited number of individuals,” according to a joint statement issued by the FBI and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
The FBI did not identify any of the individuals targeted by the hackers but said most of them “are primarily involved in government or political activity.”
The hackers also sought to copy “certain information that was subject to U.S. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders,” the FBI said, suggesting the hackers may have been trying to compromise programs like those subject to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, which grants American spy agencies sweeping powers to surveil the communications of individuals suspected of being agents of a foreign power.”
The warning comes after several high-profile hacking incidents that U.S. authorities have linked to China, part of what they say is an effort to steal technological and government information while also targeting vital infrastructure like the electrical grid.
In September, the FBI announced that it had disrupted a vast Chinese hacking operation known as Flax Typhoon that involved the installation of malicious software on more than 200,000 consumer devices, including cameras, video recorders and home and office routers. The devices were then used to create a massive network of infected computers, or botnet, that could then be used to carry out other cyber crimes.
Last month, officials said hackers linked to China targeted the phones of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, along with people associated with Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.
Authorities did not disclose how or if the operations announced Wednesday are connected to the earlier campaigns.
In their statement Wednesday, the FBI and CISA said officials are working with the telecommunication industry and hacking victims to shore up defenses against continuing attempts at cyberespionage.
“We expect our understanding of these compromises to grow as the investigation continues,” the agencies wrote.
China has rejected accusations from U.S. officials that it engages in cyberespionage directed against Americans. A message left with China’s embassy in Washington was not immediately returned Wednesday.
(Headline USA) A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel’s earlier plans to attack Iran, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by the FBI this week in Cambodia and was due to make his first court appearance in Guam.
He was indicted last week in U.S. court in Virginia on two counts of willful transmission of national defense information — felony charges that can carry significant prison sentences.
It was not immediately clear whether Rahman had a lawyer or which federal agency employed him, but officials say he had a top-secret security clearance with access to sensitive compartmented information. The New York Times reported that Rahman worked abroad for the CIA, which declined to comment.
The charges stem from the documents, attributed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, appearing last month on a channel of the Telegram messaging app. The documents noted that Israel was still moving military assets in place to conduct a military strike in response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Oct. 1.
The documents were sharable within the “Five Eyes,” which are the United States, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
The emergence of the documents triggered an FBI investigation that examined how the documents were obtained — including whether it was an intentional leak by a member of the U.S. intelligence community or obtained by another method, like a hack — and whether any other intelligence information was compromised. Officials also worked to determine who had access to the documents before they were posted.
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Industrial demand for silver is on track for a new record high in 2024, and the silver market is on pace for its fourth consecutive annual supply deficit.
According to the latest projections by Metals Focus for the Silver Institute, record industrial offtake, along with a rebound in the silver jewelry and silverware markets, will drive total demand to 1.21 billion ounces this year. That would represent a 1 percent year-over-year increase.
Industrial demand is expected to rise by 7 percent this year and surpass 700 million ounces for the first time. Industrial demand for silver set a record of 654.4 million ounces in 2023. As was the case last year, silver offtake for green energy applications is driving the increase in industrial demand.
According to a research paper by scientists at the University of New South Wales, solar manufacturers will likely require over 20 percent of the current annual silver supply by 2027. By 2050, solar panel production will use approximately 85–98 percent of the current global silver reserves.
The green energy sector is also essentially recession-proof because it is being driven, incentivized, and, in some cases, directly funded by governments around the world.
Silver jewelry fabrication has rebounded this year, and according to the Silver Institute, silver demand for jewelry is projected to rise by 5 percent.
Silverware demand is also expected to chart a similar percentage gain.
Jewelry consumption is also on pace to increase in the U.S. This is expected to benefit key Asian and European exporters.
Investment demand for physical silver is the only market segment expected to contract in 2024. It is forecast to fall by 15 percent to a four-year low of 208 million ounces.
Losses are concentrated in the U.S., where coin and bar sales are on track for a 40 percent decline to the lowest level since 2019. Physical silver investment demand in Europe has also slowed.
On a positive note, India is expected to chart higher bar and coin sales thanks to bullish price expectations and the aforementioned cut to the import duty.
But investors aren’t completely sitting on the sideline. There has been increased interest in silver-backed ETFs. Exchange-traded funds are on pace to record their first annual net inflow of metal in four years. According to the Silver Institute, “Expectations of Fed rate cuts, periods of dollar weakness, and falling yields have raised silver’s investment appeal. Investor interest has also benefited from silver’s breakout of rangebound trading.”
On the supply side, mine output is expected to grow by about 1 percent, and recycling is set to expand by 5 percent, hitting a 12-year high.
With both demand and supply increasing, the market deficit is expected to come in at around 182 million ounces. This is in line with the supply shortfall in 2023. According to the Silver Institute, this market deficit is “elevated by historical standards.”
The Silver Institute expects market deficits to continue into the foreseeable future.
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Incoming First Lady Melania Trump apparently doesn’t believe that Jill Biden was sincere when she called her to express concern in the wake of the July 13 Butler assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Melania reportedly told the French publication Paris Match that Jill “took the initiative to contact me directly” after “someone tried to murder my husband in Pennsylvania,” according to by Fox News.
“I do question, however, whether Jill’s concern was genuine as a few days prior she referred to my husband as ‘evil’ and a ‘liar,’” Melania Trump said, according to Fox.
“It was obvious that the onslaught of rhetoric from Democrat leaders and the mainstream media was so deeply embedded in our nation’s consciousness it prompted an attempt to assassinate Donald.”
Melania’s interview was reportedly conducted before Election Day. Melania opted not to meet with Jill Biden as Donald met with Joe on Wednesday to discuss the transition of power. According to the New York Post, Melania’s refusal was due to in large part to the FBI’s 2022 raid of her home.
“She ain’t going,” a source familiar with Melania’s decision reportedly said. “Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens are disgusting.”
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home was raided in connection with the DOJ’s investigation into the former president’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. The investigation led to multiple charges against Trump by special counsel Jack Smith.
However, the case was thrown out by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in July, after she found Smith had been illegally appointed to the role.
Smith appealed Cannon’s ruling, but the appeal looks to be moot in the wake of Trump’s 2024 election victory.
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.
(Headline USA) Bombshell reports on the campaign donations of Federal Reserve employees showed that at least one thing was clear about the nebulous central bank, which loans Congress its money and has the power to set the interest rates affecting the entire U.S. economy: It is not apolitical.
Nor do its staffers agree with the American people on the healthiest policies for fixing the out-of-control money issues that have ailed the nation during the Joe Biden presidency.
The Fed gave 91% of its donations to Democrats in a year that Vice President Kamala Harris, at the top of the ticket, was promoting widely lambasted Marxist policies such as regulating prices.
Federal Reserve employees donated 552K to Democrats. Only 51K to GOP candidates. Is the Federal Reserve politically imbalanced? https://t.co/3ayI1wTiSF
Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell over his failure to rein in the inflation that became pervasive during the Biden–Harris administration.
The controversial, semi-private financial institution—the product of secret meetings at a Georgia hunting resort during the Woodrow Wilson era, by industry tycoons who sought to maintain a firmer hold on the nation’s wealth—has elicited strong passions from those who wish to see economic control brought back directly into the hands of the people.
“When you’ve got Fed employees almost exclusively bankrolling one party, it’s fair to ask if they’re even hearing the full range of voices in America,” one unnamed Capitol Hill staffer told Breitbart. “This isn’t just about politics—it’s about ensuring America’s central bank reflects America.”
On Thursday, however, a top Federal Reserve official gave a lengthy defense of the central bank’s political independence during prepared remarks for an economic conference in Montevideo, Uruguay.
“It has been widely recognized—and is a finding of economic research—that central bank independence is fundamental to achieving good policy and good economic outcomes,” claimed Adriana Kugler, one of the seven members of the Fed’s governing board.
Kugler insisted that greater independence for central banks in advanced economies was related to lower inflation.
She spoke just a week after Powell tersely denied that Trump had the legal authority to fire him, as the president-elect has acknowledged he considered doing during his first term.
Powell also said he wouldn’t resign if Trump asked.
Trump: Hold my beer. Could this be the standoff that finally extricates the #FederalReserve from U.S. economic policy? Why is a secretive, semi-private institution in charge of minting currency and setting interest rates? There has to be some public accountability. https://t.co/AZxHKUhsIx
“I was threatening to terminate him, there was a question as to whether or not you could,” Trump said last month at the Economic Club of Chicago.
Trump said during the campaign that he would let Powell complete his term in May 2026. But in Chicago he also said, “I have the right to say I think you should go up or down a little bit.”
Kugler’s remarks addressed why most economists are opposed to the idea of politicians, even elected ones, having influence over interest-rate decisions.
A central bank free of political pressures can take unpopular steps, Kugler said, such as raising interest rates, that might cause short-term economic pain but can carry long-term benefits by bringing down inflation.
However, the Fed was accused of election-meddling during the recent election by its decision to delay interest rate cuts until the cycle immediately before the November election, providing what some assumed would be an economic jolt for the Biden–Harris administration
That was followed by reports that the Bureau of Labor Statistics had effectively been lying for the last year by overcounting its number of job additions, painting a false picture about how robust the economy was.
Such manipulation would indicate that there was an active and deeply pernicious manipulation of the Fed’s policies, but one that was far more nefarious than having the president use his soapbox to weigh in on its moves.
The Fed’s political donations—-which surpassed $1.1 million for Democrats in the highly disputed 2020 election to roughly $100,000 for Republicans—also suggest that the powerful bank is not the least bit independent in the first place.
Kugler argued that an independent central bank had more credibility with financial markets and the public, but she did ignored criticism that the Fed itself was not free from political bias.
“Despite a very large inflation shock starting in 2021, available measures of long-run inflation expectations … increased just a bit,” Kugler said. “Anchoring of inflation expectations is one of the key elements leading to stable inflation.”
Consumers and business leaders typically expect that it will be able to keep inflation low over the long run. Such low inflation expectations can help bring inflation down after a sharp spike, such as the surge in consumer prices that took place from 2021 through 2022, when inflation peaked at 9.1%.
On Wednesday, the government said that figure had fallen to 2.6%. The average year-over-year inflation rate during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term was 1.9%.
Moreover, there has been no deflation to reduce the impact of policymakers’ failure to act under Biden, including higher costs for basic staples like food and shelter.
Because inflation is simply the rate of currency devaluation and not an actual measure of the value itself, a lower number does not signal a return to the prior purchasing value for consumers’ hard-earned savings.
To do so would require the U.S. government to grow without adding additional currency or debt, which Trump hopes to do by reducing government waste and addressing foreign trade imbalances.
That waste-reduction effort might just put the Fed itself in the dustbin of history.
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The ex-girlfriend of a former Secret Service agent on Obama’s security detail has written an autobiography—revealing that the agent breached numerous security protocols while trying to impress her.
Koryeah Dwanyen’s book, Undercover Heartbreak: a Memoir of Trust and Trauma, said she met the agent while she was vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard in 2022. The agent, who was working at Barack and Michelle Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard property, is only identified as “Dale.”
The agent told Dwanyen he was divorced, but she later found out he was still married, according to an ABC News book review, published Wednesday.
The Secret Service agent eventually invited her to the Obamas’ beachfront property in Hawaii in 2022 while they were away, ABC reported.
“No one will know. If anything, I’m the one who could get in trouble,” the agent is quoted saying.
“We should have sex in Michelle’s bathroom, like a mile-high club,” the agent purportedly said.
ABC also reported that the agent sent her “several photos” of the house a week earlier, and suggested a tour, according to the book, which was published Oct. 28.
The agent’s behavior finally prompted Dwanyen to contact the Secret Service. One of her friends had told her that she was a “walking national security risk.”
Dwanyen told ABC News the agent shared sensitive information about multiple protectees, ranging from information about background on Mike Pence — whom the agent had been assigned to during his vice presidency under Trump — to the Obamas.
“I knew their code names. I knew what day Orange Theory was, what day [Michelle Obama] had private tennis lessons and when her personal trainer came,” Dwanyen reportedly said. “Things that I should not have been privy to as a civilian.”
Anthony Guglielmi, the agency’s chief of communications, told ABC News that the agent identified in Dwanyen’s book was investigated and fired.
“On Nov. 6, 2022, a Secret Service agent involved in protective functions brought an individual who did not have authorized access into a protectee’s residence without permission,” Guglielmi reportedly said.
“As soon as the Secret Service became aware of the incident, the agent involved was immediately suspended and after a full investigation, terminated,” he said.
“Although the protectees were not present at the time of the incident, these actions were an unacceptable violation of our protocols, our protectees’ trust and everything we stand for,” he added.
The agent didn’t respond to ABC’s requests for comment.
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.
(Money Metals News Service) In this unique “Ask Mike Anything” edition of the Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey tackled a wide range of audience questions on critical topics surrounding sound money, precious metals, inflation, and broader economic dynamics.
Here’s a comprehensive summary of each question asked and Mike’s detailed responses:
1. How Will the World’s Shift Away from the Dollar Impact Metal Markets?
Heather asks: “How will the world’s shift away from the dollar impact metal markets?”
Mike explains that the extent of the dollar’s diminishing role will shape the impact on metals. If the shift involves adopting a multi-currency system, where various global currencies hold reserve status, then precious metals may benefit as central banks and countries store their wealth in gold to mitigate risk. This is already seen as banks worldwide increase gold reserves. Should the world revert to a gold-backed currency, gold prices would likely rise dramatically, potentially between $10,000 and $15,000 per ounce. However, Mike views a multipolar currency system as more probable, meaning demand for gold would still rise as nations seek a reliable store of value outside the dollar.
2. What is the Best Way to End the Fed?
Mikey asks: “What is the best way to end the Fed?”
Mike shares that ending the Federal Reserve is improbable through political channels, given the government’s reliance on the Fed’s ability to inflate and finance its spending. A more plausible route would be fostering currency competition by allowing alternative forms of money, like gold, silver, or cryptocurrencies, to gain ground. He emphasizes the importance of grassroots efforts, noting that the Sound Money Defense League is actively working at the state level to implement policies that facilitate sound money practices, potentially loosening the Fed’s control over the financial system from the ground up.
3. Would a Gold Standard Help with Inflation?
Jason asks: “Would a gold standard help with inflation?”
According to Mike, a true gold standard would effectively end inflation, as it limits the government’s ability to inflate the currency by restricting money issuance to gold reserves. He points out that inflation is a deliberate policy tool, with the government maintaining a 2% inflation target to subtly erode purchasing power without triggering public backlash. Under a gold standard, such manipulation would be impossible, as currency supply would align with gold reserves, thus stabilizing the economy and ending inflation.
4. What is the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow?
Darren asks: “What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?”
A humorous nod to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mike responds playfully, keeping in the spirit of the film and lightheartedly engaging with the audience.
5. Why is the Gold-Silver Ratio 82:1 if it Comes Out of the Ground at 9:1?
Rahand asks: “Why is the gold-silver ratio 82:1 if it comes out of the ground at a 9:1?”
Mike explains that while silver is mined at a 9:1 ratio compared to gold, the market price ratio currently sits much higher at 82:1. This discrepancy arises because silver serves dual roles as both a monetary and industrial metal, with around 50-60% of its demand coming from industrial applications. Silver’s market dynamics differ from gold’s, leading to a wider spread in price ratios. Despite this, he points out that the current high ratio might indicate silver’s undervaluation, signaling a potential buying opportunity for investors.
6. In IRA Vehicles, Do You Hold the Physical Metals? If Not, How Do You Know You Can Gain Access When the Fan Gets Clogged with Manure?
John asks: “In these IRA vehicles in metals, do you hold the physical metals? If not, how do you know you can gain access when the fan gets clogged with manure?”
Mike clarifies that physical metals in an IRA must be stored in IRS-approved depositories, like Money Metals’ new high-security facility, the “Fort Knox of the West.” While personal storage can provide immediate access in a crisis, he recommends diversifying storage methods to balance accessibility and security. By using both depository storage and personal storage, investors can manage their risk while ensuring their precious metals are safe and available when needed.
7. Since 2021, a Number of Professional Athletes Have Taken a Portion of Their Salaries in Bitcoin. Have Any Taken Salary in Precious Metals? If They Had, Would They Be Ahead Today Over Their Peers?
Allan asks: “Since 2021, a number of professional athletes have taken a portion of their salaries in Bitcoin. Have any taken salary in precious metals, and if they had, would they be ahead today over their peers?”
Though Mike is unaware of athletes opting for salaries in precious metals, he believes it would be advantageous. Unlike fiat currency, which erodes in value, precious metals like gold have a proven track record as inflation hedges. He points out that gold has recently reached new inflation-adjusted highs, showing its resilience as a store of wealth. Athletes paid in gold would retain, if not grow, their purchasing power compared to fiat-paid peers.
8. How Much Wood Can a Woodchuck Chuck?
John asks: “How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?”
Mike replies with a lighthearted response: “A woodchuck can chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.”
9. What is the Process the Bullion Banks Use to Smash Silver Prices? Who Wins and Who Loses? Are There Any Leading Indicators that Suppression is About to Occur?
Andrew asks: “What is the process the bullion banks use to smash silver prices? Who wins and who loses? Are there any leading indicators that suppression is about to occur?”
Mike acknowledges that price manipulation, especially in the silver market, is real and can be achieved through practices like “spoofing,” where large orders are placed and then quickly canceled to create false impressions of demand or supply. He shares that although he’s not an expert on market manipulation, some industry professionals believe it is becoming harder for the paper metals markets to suppress prices as actual supply-demand dynamics gain influence. GATA (Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee) is a great resource for understanding this complex issue further.
10. What Even is Hockey, Anyway?
Nelson asks: “What even is hockey, anyway?”
Mike enthusiastically answers, “Hockey is the greatest sport ever.” He encourages everyone to experience a live hockey game, noting that even non-sports fans often enjoy it, as hockey is much more thrilling in person than on television.
11. Are We Experiencing the Beginning Stages of Hyperinflation?
Brandon asks: “Are we experiencing the beginning stages of hyperinflation?”
Mike acknowledges the recent rise in inflation, citing U.S. interest payments exceeding $1 trillion for the first time in fiscal 2024. However, he is skeptical of imminent hyperinflation due to the dollar’s continuing role as the global reserve currency. Instead, he forecasts a sustained period of high inflation as global demand for the dollar declines gradually. Only a significant shift away from the dollar as a reserve currency would likely trigger hyperinflation.
12. Can We “Repair” This System, or Does It All Need to Be Torn Down and Set Ablaze?
Chris asks: “Can we ‘repair’ this system, or does it all need to be torn down and set ablaze?”
Mike believes the U.S. economic system is beyond repair, given the national debt surpassing $35.7 trillion and an unmanageable government. He envisions the system collapsing under its own weight, yet he is optimistic about Americans’ resilience to rebuild through community and localized efforts. He encourages listeners to foster independence and local networks, which could become foundational in a post-collapse economic system, enabling communities to thrive despite the existing framework’s failure.
This special “Ask Mike Anything” episode emphasizes the importance of preparedness for a shifting financial landscape. By advocating for real money like gold and silver, Mike encourages listeners to consider these assets as essential safeguards against ongoing economic challenges. For those interested in learning more, he recommends reaching out to Money Metals Exchange for guidance on incorporating precious metals into their financial strategy.
“I think our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done,” NPR’s CEO Katherine Maher said.
“I think our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done.”
Musk also criticized the organization after an editor working at NPR for 25 years revealed its far-left bias. He pointed out that his coworkers went crazy after Donald Trump was elected in 2016.
“Persistent rumors that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia over the election became the catnip that drove reporting. At NPR, we hitched our wagon to Trump’s most visible antagonist, Representative Adam Schiff,” Uri Berliner wrote.
Berliner also criticized NPR’s decision not to cover Hunter Biden’s laptop story, adding that the organization has been spreading Anthony Fauci’s lies.
“An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America,” he wrote.
Maher, who also became infamous for donating money to one of George Soros’s puppets, criticized Berliner, which resulted in his suspension from NPR.
“NPR has become a hard-left propaganda machine that tolerates no dissent,” Musk wrote after the Free Press published a piece about Berliner.
NPR has become a hard left propaganda machine that tolerates no dissent https://t.co/Pcpg1Wubtk
Considering that Trump recently announced that Musk would be the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, it looks like he would be able to defund NPR.
Other people, including Republican government officials, also called to defund NPR.
NPR’s CEO Katherine Maher @krmaher believes that truth is relative. The CCP would agree with her wholeheartedly and tell her that it is “Chinese culture” to kill tens of millions of political undesirables and that the truth is that it is “good” for the Chinese people. pic.twitter.com/JlzH1rAcQO
The newspaper wrote on its website that the “benefits of being on [Twitter] are now outweighed by the negatives,” which resulted in The Guardian’s leadership deciding not to post on Twitter anymore.
“This is something we have been considering for a while, given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism,” the newspaper wrote. “The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that [Twitter] is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.”
Conservatives on Twitter quickly responded to the recent news by mocking the newspaper.
“They’re scared of the Community Notes and of getting ratioed, lol,” Libs of TikTok wrote.
They’re scared of the Community Notes and of getting ratioed lol
Others also remembered that the far-left newspaper platformed Hamas leaders, highlighting that the publication never had a problem with de-platforming President-elect Donald Trump and censoring Hunter Biden’s laptop story.
The Guardian left 𝕏 because of “disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.”
The same Guardian platformed Hamas leaders, who are all guilty of terrorism, antisemitism, misogyny and violent homophobic acts. pic.twitter.com/UMqRs2drOx
The Guardian didn't have a problem with the previous Twitter regime censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story to 'shape political discourse' and interfere in an election.
Another leftist who decided to leave Twitter was Don Lemon. Before he left the social media platform, he published a video and statement explaining his decision.
“I once believed it was a place for honest debate and discussion, transparency and free speech, but I now feel it does not serve that purpose,” he wrote in his statement.
As expected, conservatives mocked Lemon as well.
“Bro actually released a watermarked statement to announce that he is no longer posting on a social media platform,” independent journalist Greg Price wrote.
Bro actually released a watermarked statement to announce that he is no longer posting on a social media platform lol https://t.co/SPJAEEHQmv
Others pointed out that most people didn’t even know Lemon was on Twitter in the first place.
“I just find it funny that Don Lemon had to go and announce that he’s leaving [Twitter] when nobody even had a clue that he was on [Twitter],” @DefiyantlyFree wrote.
I just find it funny that Don Lemon had to go and announce that he’s leaving X when nobody even had a clue that he was on X.
“Proud that we posted this letter from one of our readers on [Twitter],” Executive Chairman of the California Times, Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong, wrote, referring to the letter urging editors at the newspaper to stop the divisive shaming of white women for Prsident-elect Donald Trump’s victory. “When the President has won the vote of the majority of Americans, then ALL voices must be heard. Opinions are just that.”
He then stated that he would ensure the newspaper would be politically neutral.
“I will work towards making our paper and media fair and balanced so that all voices are heard and we can respectfully exchange every American’s view… from left to right to the center. Coming soon. A new Editorial Board. Trust in media is critical for a strong democracy,” Soon-Shiong wrote.
Proud that we posted this letter from one of our readers on X. When the President has won the vote of the majority of Americans then ALL voices must be heard. Opinions are just that. I will work towards making our paper and media fair and balanced so that all voices are heard…
Last week, Soon-Shiong also talked about providing non-biased coverage of the things that would be published in the newspaper.
“The American people have spoken, and @latimes will take the lead to provide factual and balanced coverage as the country heals its division,” he wrote.
The American people have spoken and @latimes will take the lead to provide factual and balanced coverage as the country heals its division.
Bill Melugin of Fox News also responded to the recent news, remembering the newspaper’s far-left bias.
LA Times owner says after election results, the entire LA Times Editorial Board will be replaced – signaling they were out of touch with voters. Some of their recent opinion pieces include:
– We should publicly mock the deaths of the unvaccinated during COVID. – Larry Elder is… https://t.co/U90WqDpGCZ
Chris Tourtellotte, owner of LaTerra Development, also claimed that the “tides in [California] continue to shift.”
Wow!
The owner of the LA Times (one of the most progressive newspapers in the country) acknowledges the paper’s bias, fires the entire editorial board, and promises change.
“Like that is so huge. There is such a [cultural] shift occurring all around us. The great Andrew Breitbart always said that politics is downstream from culture. If we continue to change the culture, we will continue to change the politics,” @DefiyantlyFree wrote.
The Los Angeles Times owner fired the whole editorial board so there can be more fair and balanced coverage of the Trump years.
Like that is so huge. There is a such a culture shift occurring all around us. The great Andrew Breitbart always said that politics is downstream from…
However, other people were not very optimistic about the recent news.
“You let this paper become a Neo-Marxist newsletter for your daughter’s loser nihilist buddies in Echo Park for a decade. The damage you did to this city is immeasurable, and your reputation will not recover. Just sell and hold onto the slightest shred of dignity,” @mattbilinsky wrote.
You let this paper become a Neo-Marxist newsletter for your daughter’s loser nihilist buddies in Echo Park for a decade.
The damage you did to this city is immeasurable and your reputation will not recover.
Just sell and hold onto the slightest shred of dignity.
The recent news came after the newspaper refused to endorse then-Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for president, which resulted in one of the leftist editors quitting her job to protest the decision.
