A “combative” interview with Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong was abruptly ended this week when the reporter asked about Soon-Shiong’s decision to name CNN contributor Scott Jennings, a conservative supporter of president-elect Donald Trump, to the paper’s new editorial board.
Oliver Darcy, the founder of subscription-based newsletter Status, wrote that the interview was ended by a Times rep shortly after he questioned the wisdom of appointing Jennings to the editorial board.
“It was when I attempted to broach this topic with Soon-Shiong that our conversation grew combative,” wrote Darcy, per Mediaite. “He told me it was merely my ‘opinion’ that Trump lies more than other politicians.