The Los Angeles Times, along with hundreds of other news outlets in California, proved their major bias in a sneaky attempt to aid the state’s Governor Gavin Newsom in his gerrymandering game that will benefit Democrats and hurt Republicans.
It happened when readers opened the pages of their Times and saw a full-page ad, not a half or quarter ad from the California News Publishers Association (CNPA), a group that represents hundreds of newspapers and outlets in the once-Golden State, according to SoDoesItMatter.com.
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The ad can be seen below and encourages Newsom to put money into their newspapers by buying ads to push the passage of Proposition 50, which would "temporarily" suspend the independent redistricting commission, allowing Democrats to redraw the state's congressional districts, which have already been gerrymandered to the hilt in favor of Democrats.
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Read on SubstackIt is not subtle, with the CNPA calling the ballot measure "historic," and claiming that "likely voters" are the ones who read their publications.
The Substack report read:
"An Open Letter to Governor Gavin Newsom," the CNPA urged the governor to pour ballot measure advertising dollars into their pages. The letter touted newspaper readers as "high-turnout voters who will determine the outcome of Proposition 50" and asked Newsom to place ballot-measure ads in California-based outlets.
That's not journalism. That's lobbying for cash.
It went on:
To the extent Newsom's strategy is not just to pass Prop 50 but to use it as a platform for his national ambitions, he benefits from this kind of publicity. The ad tied him publicly to the campaign, while newspapers positioned themselves as eager partners.
Does anyone doubt the publisher of a major California newspaper could reach media-obsessed Newsom directly? This wasn't about access. It was about shaping a narrative — giving Newsom free campaign coverage while angling for paid ads.
The report broke down how Joel Fox, the longtime president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, noted that this is proof that these agencies will be biased when it comes to reporting on Prop 50 because they will have a financial stake in the outcome of the passing of the ballot measure.
"By publicly advertising their desire to see campaign dollars spent in their papers to promote Proposition 50, the industry association confirms the worst fears of critics—that news outlets are not neutral observers but rather financial stakeholders in partisan outcomes."
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And they are right: when the CNPA decided to ask for advertising dollars for one side of this fight, it made it clear to its readers that they couldn't be trusted to provide fair and accurate reporting on this matter.
Given that the news outlets are clearly putting their finger on the scale to get Prop 50 to pass, it is even more disheartening for California voters that there will not be anything to stop the Democrats' attempts to wipe out Republicans' power in the state for good.
So much for that lie from legacy media about having no bias, and reporting just the facts.
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