Patrick Soon-Shiong said the Los Angeles Times will take the lead and push for upcoming newsroom changes — including naming conservative CNN contributor Scott Jennings to its newsroom.

The tech billionaire, who sparked a handful of employee layoffs when he announced he would restructure the newspaper’s approach after his staff’s support was blocked by Kamala Harris, reiterated Tuesday that he is moving forward with a proposed “bias meter.” , despite “the dissatisfaction about it.” All sides are being heard.”

Soon-Shiong retweeted his new interview with Vanity Fair with the caption: “We’ll take the lead… and the heat… but despite the dissatisfaction with all sides being heard, change is needed, even if you don’t agree with that view.” He then added a hashtag for his bias meter.

In the article, Soon-Shiong explained that he invited Jennings to take a more active role at the newspaper because he was “impressed by his demeanor and the way he always presented his point of view with respect.”

Earlier this month, Soon-Shiong explained how the AI-powered “bias meter” would work: “The reader can, at the touch of a button, see both sides of the same story based on that story and then comment.”

Jennings was added to the Times’ new editorial board after Soon-Shiong was criticized for blocking his staff’s endorsement of Vice President Harris by the president in October. Shortly afterward, the newspaper owner noted that he wanted to make changes to be more “fair and balanced” in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November’s election.

As TheWrap reported in October, editorial writer Karin Klein and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Greene both resigned a day after editorial writer Mariel Garza resigned in protest over the decision to reject the Harris endorsement.

Klein wrote at the time that she objected to Soon-Shiong’s “damned attempt to alienate the editors” by blaming the editors for the non-endorsement.

In November, the billionaire wrote on denote… voices of California and the USA.”

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