{"id":2389932,"date":"2025-01-13T20:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T01:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-times-owner-regrets-endorsing-karen-bass-for-mayor-competence-matters\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T20:51:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T01:51:44","slug":"la-times-owner-regrets-endorsing-karen-bass-for-mayor-competence-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-times-owner-regrets-endorsing-karen-bass-for-mayor-competence-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Times owner regrets endorsing Karen Bass for mayor: &#8216;Competence matters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fla-times-owner-regrets-endorsing-karen-bass-for-mayor-competence-matters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389932&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pat Soon-Shiong, \u200bthe owner of the Los Angeles Times, publicly stated that he believes the newspaper&#8217;s endorsement of\u200b Karen Bass for mayor during the 2022 election was a mistake. He expressed this sentiment\u200d in a recent statement, emphasizing the importance of \u2063&#8221;competence&#8221; in leadership. Soon-Shiong&#8217;s comments highlight a notable level of regret regarding the endorsement,\u200d as\u2063 he acknowledged the decision \u200bmade during the campaign. His remarks suggest a shift in viewpoint \u2062as he\u200d takes obligation for the paper&#8217;s prior support\u2062 of Bass.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">LA Times owner regrets endorsing Karen Bass for mayor: &lsquo;Competence matters&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1933979\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Pat Soon-Shiong, the owner of the<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Los Angeles Times\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JWheelertv\/status\/1878825924206141610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Los Angeles Times\">shared<\/a> on Monday that he believed his paper&rsquo;s endorsement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Los Angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a> Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karen Bass\">Karen Bass<\/a> during the 2022 mayoral campaign was &ldquo;a mistake.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;So, at the L.A. Times, we endorsed Karen Bass. I think, right now, upfront, that&rsquo;s a mistake, and we admit that,&rdquo; Soon-Shiong said. &ldquo;So, I thought it was very important early on for me to come out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LA Times owner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrPatSoonShiong?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrPatSoonShiong<\/a> says on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2waytvapp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@2waytvapp<\/a> that it was a &ldquo;mistake&rdquo; for his paper to endorse Karen Bass for Mayor in 2022<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Competence matters,&rdquo; he says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LMQNPIcPnR\">pic.twitter.com\/LMQNPIcPnR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacob Wheeler (@JWheelertv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JWheelertv\/status\/1878825924206141610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;And I think we were one of the few to say competence matters,&rdquo; he continued while appearing on the online show <em>The Morning Meeting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">paper executive<\/a> said there should be deeper thought into &ldquo;how we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jr-heres-what-comes-next-for-our-amazing-movement\/\" title=\"Trump Jr.: \u2018Here\u2019s What Comes Next for Our Amazing Movement\u2019\">elect people<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;An interesting thing is that maybe we should think about how we elect people on the basis of did they actually run a job? Did they actually make a payroll? Do they understand what it is?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Soon-Shiong called out &ldquo;professional politicians&rdquo; whose only job is to run for office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not trying to be disparaging but I think we are at the stage now in this nation and in the world &hellip; that you really need people who understand how it affects a man in the street. You know, how it affects a working type of person,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Los Angeles Times<\/em> owner went on to praise President-elect Donald Trump for &ldquo;addressing the problems of the man in the street&rdquo; during the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Competence absolutely matters,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m glad [it has] almost been taken up as a meme now, that &lsquo;competence matters.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Good for him,&rdquo; X executive Elon Musk responded on his platform.<\/p>\n<p>Bass has been receiving blowback for her overseas trip to Ghana when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-blasted-for-being-too-busy-to-visit-east-palestine-ohio-yeah-youve-been-so-busy\/\" title=\"Biden criticized for neglecting East Palestine, Ohio: &#039;Too busy, huh?&#039;\">fires initially started<\/a>. Los Angeles residents further criticized her for a lack of water resources and having cut the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-los-angeles-earthquake-shakes-espn-studio-forces-host-to-take-things-into-her-own-hands\/\" title=\"Watch: Los Angeles Earthquake Shakes ESPN Studio, Forces Host to Take Things Into Her Own Hands\">fire department&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s budget ahead of the wildfires. Numerous celebrities and California residents, including actress Justine Bateman, have been circulating a petition calling on her to resign.<\/p>\n<p>When Bass was elected, the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-11-16\/2022-california-election-bass-wins-los-angeles-mayor-caruso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"touted\">touted<\/a> how she was the &ldquo;first woman to lead Los Angeles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She had run against businessman Rick Caruso who had previously been the president of the Los Angeles Police Commission and a member of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners. He has been a leading critic of Bass and Newsom&rsquo;s leadership during the wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no water coming out of the fire hydrants. This is an absolute mismanagement by the city. It&rsquo;s not the firefighter&rsquo;s fault &hellip; we got a mayor that&rsquo;s out of the country and we got a city burning. There&rsquo;s no resources to put out fires,&rdquo; Caruso <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JWheelertv\/status\/1878825924206141610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> to a local LA Fox TV affiliate last week. &ldquo;This was a disaster waiting to happen. What is predictable is preventable. &hellip; This looks like a third-world country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1933979\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1933979\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA Times owner regrets backing Karen Bass for mayor: &#8216;Competence matters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2389933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Bass-for-mayor.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21510,48133,43744,40870,41580],"class_list":["post-2389932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-endorsements","tag-karen-bass","tag-la-times","tag-mayoral-election","tag-media-ethics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karen-Bass-for-mayor.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389932"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389936,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389932\/revisions\/2389936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}