LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/23/los-angeles-times-layoffs-journalists

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eporetsky@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 2y (7 replies)

A reminder to support your local news and investigative journalism

SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 22 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What if your local news is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group?

Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 36 pts · 2y

Then they're not local and you can say fuckem.

maness300@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y

The best journalism I see these days is either done by big names like AP or random dudes with cellphones.

Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 2y (3 replies)

As someone who lives in LA, what now? lol

eporetsky@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I never lived in LA and I have an LA Times subscriptions. As far as I can tell, it is still provides quality journalism, despite some questionable decision making. I keep supporting it primarily because I feel like if it goes under then it will leave a big news void on the west coast. I try to support local media in addition to some of the big brands

sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's just getting smaller and smaller, and the stories are less and less deeply researched. I still get it, but a lot of days I feel like a modern day Don Quixote.

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Or as a closed-caption error the other day spelled it, Don Coyote. 🐺 As another LATimes subscriber, I agree.

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 48 pts · 2y

Sounds like union busting.

RHOPKINS13@kbin.social · 27 pts · 2y (1 reply)

HR was glad to use the protests as an excuse for the firing. They needed a good sounding reason since all of these writers were going to be replaced by AI anyway.

nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 2y

It sounds like union busting, which is a terrible reason for everyone but their investors—who can’t see past this quarter’s profits.

heavy@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 2y

Here we go again: Piece of shit Billionaire decides to fire 115 people because having access to billions of dollars just isn't enough.

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 4 pts · 2y

here comes ai

Linkerbaan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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