Former LA Times Staffer Would Welcome Koch Brothers Ownership
There’s the contrarian local view; and then, there’s the really contrarian local view. No other way really to frame former LA Times reporter Joe Mathews‘ Zócalo Public Square column arguing in favor of Koch brothers ownership. Mathews’ mother also worked for many years at the LA Times, at one point as an Asia correspondent.
The California editor’s jumping-off point is undeniable – his former employer has become “unthreatening and predictable.” And yes, the arrival of Charles and David Koch, for better or not-worse-than-closure, would change that:
If you doubt that that a polarizing owner can be good for California, let me urge you to visit a certain coastal castle in San Simeon.
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