In a new video, MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas interviews former federal prosecutor Harry Litman, who resigned as a senior legal columnist at the LA Times recently after the paper's billionaire owner overruled its editorial board's endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris and began shifting its coverage to be more Trump-friendly.
Despite the LA Times endorsing a candidate in every election since Barack Obama in 2008, and before that in every election from 1884 until 1972, Litman expresses that the decision to not endorse Harris was driven by the paper's shift away from upholding democratic values and truthful reporting.
Litman describes his departure as taking a stand against the capitulation of major institutions to autocratic influences. He highlights the role of independent media, like MeidasTouch, and Litman’s Talking Feds Substack Page, in providing honest pro-democracy reporting.
Watch Ben’s interview with Harry about his decision to leave the LA Times above.
Litman also wrote about his decision on his new “Talking Feds” Substack. You can read his full reasoning for leaving the paper at the link below:
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I admire people who have scruples. I refuse to accept Donald Trump as my president. He has zero qualifications, however that’s who America voted for 🤷🏻♀️
Thank you Mr. Lipman! So important and so courageous!
It’s already happening!! A dictatorship in the making and we’re watching it happen! 🤷🏻♀️
I feel the same way 😢
People also voted for Kamala... its not so simple as a binary choice to indicate the way to go.. but yes, we are a simple people ... hey .. does anyone know where a good nail salon is?
No it’s a luxury. I’m not allowed 🤷🏻♀️
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Lmao boxcar😎.You seem to get it .As a union construction worker you wouldn’t believe how many members were supporting President Trump in this election.
The (left left ? ) - abandoned labor at least 15-20 years ago and now the Dems are surprised middle class families are leaving them in droves.
And for what it’s worth your comment hits the mark as some members simply did not vote for Harris or President Trump so it’s not as simple as a binary choice.
Happy new year Box car
Much respect to Mr. Litman!!!💙
Thank you for leaving LA Times. I value your opinions
You did the right thing. Stand firm on what you believe.
I read his magnificent story on his own Substack site and again praise him for his integrity in leaving the LA Times.
I have stopped ALL support of Maga/GOP owned companies. Haven't missed a damn thing either. I take great pleasure in letting them know too when I check the backgrounds of the business and owners. I REFUSE to add to their pockets in their choice to kill America. I've completely deleted my FB account and never ever used X. As the public has the power to stop them, shut them down, drive them into bankruptcy.
I hardly ever use my fb account. And have been thinking about shutting down my account for a while now.
I've done the same thing. Any company that supports trump, loses my business. I won't participate in lining their pockets Fck them
I thought I was safe with Boost Mobile!! Now I’ll have to change cell providers!
If too many people cower to a wannabe dictator, we shall all end up in the same boat. Thank you Mr. Litman for having the courage to tell the truth.
Mr. Litman is right, and I would go so far as to say that those individuals and corporations that fail to stand up for democracy are themselves complicit in its downfall. Inaction is as consequential a choice as overtly and explicitly supporting those authoritarians who seek to extinguish our democracy for their own personal gain.
Indeed 👍
Reminds of the quote about neutrality on the side of the oppressor.
Love Harry!!! Good on you for standing up for your beliefs 💙💙💙
Harry Litman left the LA Times because he respects the rule of law! The end!
Way to go Harry!!!! 💙🇺🇲🗽💪
Thank you, Harry, for your courage and probity in resigning from the Times. I still recall the shock of bringing in the Los Angeles Times as an adolescent, the June morning after RFK Sr. had been shot. This is a different, and much more preventable form of death.
What a loss for the LA Times but a prize for us who seek the truth. He's a great guy!
I applaud anyone making a stand and appreciate Mr. Litman's story on Substack and his act of resigning from the LA Times. I'm really appreciating Meidas, too, and all independent media. I keep thinking back on the 2012 Washington Post article By Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein entitled Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem. And the quote from that article "But a balanced treatment of an unbalanced phenomenon distorts reality." Called it, didn't they?
See that's what Freedom is, Harry took a risk and stood up for what he felt was just wrong. We may not be able to do things of that nature without a fight. Dems , buck up! Put him down as a hero. Ben if it was not for your platform and people like Harry I feel we would be totally lost. We are with you , will not stop fighting for freedom that appears to be slipping through our fingers. I live in Texas, I think this is the place it's going to get bad 1st.
GOOD ON YOU Harry Litman. When I heard the owner of LA Times banned the Times' Editorial endorsement for Kamala Harris, before the election, I HAD to cancel my over 25 year subscription. Had to - I love a lot of the journalists there, I am Pro Union person and didn't want to hurt union workers, but it is essential to not support Autocracy/Facism and call it out in every way, with our voice, our platform, our money- all of it. I look forward to becoming a member of the Talking Feds. THANK YOU MEIDAS+. I discovered your amazing content a couple of years ago, and am blown away by all of it, and know this people powered platform will overpower the lies of MSM and the evils of MAGA.
We honor you for your integrity and courage. Corporate media has let us all down with sane-washing trump. Back in my news days, he would've been considered a tin foil hat guy. This is dangerous nonsense. It is time to stand up! Too many have taken a knee.
It's called integrity. Litman has it!
Not a lot of courageous folks in this country. But you have my respect, Mr Litman and I will look forward to following you on your next assignment.
We have freedom of speech enshrined in our Constitution for a reason. The press is responsible for speaking truth to power - they have abdicated that responsibility. Thank you Meidas, for picking up the baton.
Thank you Mr Litman!
Very noble of you sir. We are grateful for you
Bravo!
Thank you Mr. Litman you’re truly one of the American hero’s we need so badly now.
Thank you for the work your doing, to try and help Americans who don’t seem to understand where The USA is headed towards 🙏
I say boycott Trump media, Trump Businesses, Trump Products and anything else. Get him where it hurts! Same goes for Elan and the other Billionaires and sheep followers. Their weakness is their money and together we can make a difference!
Thank you, Mr. Litman. The step you just made, in integrity, adds to the collective courage of people doing the next honorable thing with each decision, expanding it across our nation. Again, I deeply thank you.
Harry you did the right thing and for the right reason! "Give em hell, Harry!"
It is really important, at this critical time in our nation's history, for people to stand up for core principles of what it means to live in a democracy. That Harry Litman has decided to leave the Los Angeles Times at this juncture shows that he is a professional with integrity. Thank you. PS I have been a faithful listener to your podcast "Talking Feds" from the beginning. Always learn something, which is priceless!
Thank you, Harry, for your courage in telling the truth. I have read the LA Times for 40 years - no more! We all need to speak up, stand up and let it be known how we feel! I applaud you.
Thank you, Harry. I appreciate all that you have shared to educate us about the law in the venues where you have been including the shows on MSNBC. I am so sorry that you had to quit but of course it is the right thing to do if one has integrity. All we have, ultimately, is our individual and collective integrity.
Who cares, he carries no weight anymore.What kind of fool quits a job where he actually could express his opinions. Besides he’s skeevy looking guy.
A real profile of courage
If trump-ism-(aka; putin-ism) gets in as far as it looks like is;
Americans deserve to be shot for having opinions that don't agree with trump's.
Just a fact.
"Americans Deserve The Government They Vote For." ~ Thomas Jefferson.
Wish I could time travel this not-see-theory-supposition of the trump people, and see how they would react to finding out that They are not in the 'country club' that they thought they were in...
Total respect Harry. Thank you. Your work, your insight, your integrity will be invaluable as we get dragged into this hall of mirrors. Wheat from the chaff. Thank you again!
Ben, my husband and I have been watching Meidas for over a year. We are now subscribed. I have turned off mainstream media. Thank you and your brothers and everyone part of your staff.
I am stoked t to see THE RESISTANCE growing speaking TRUTH to POWER.
Quitting the LA Times shows Harry is a quitter. Period.
Maybe you have never felt oppression or been held back from your TRUTH. He left not to quit… he left so his position can grow and connect more with others.
I'm Sorry I can't watch the NEWS any more! Makes me sick! LOVE YOU MEDAS NET WORK!!
I thank Mr. Litman for his courage and ethics re truth-telling. As a writer and citizen, I am demoralized and outraged to see once-respected publications sully the tradition of neutrally informing the public about matters of importance so informed decisions can be made. Coupled with the absence of civics and unadulterated American history for years in education, we have become an intentionally dumbed-down society easily controlled. Frightening times. And if Mr. Litman might know, why was Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment not invoked against the incoming Dear Leader when there was time to do it? My faith in Joe, the Dmocratic party & DOJ is vastly diminished by the slow-to-act and overly cautious approach to stopping this catastrophe before it reached the point of no return.
Bravo Mr. Lipman!
I cancelled my subscription to the LA Times after the paper's refusal to endorse Kamala Harris. I don't miss it at all.
Bravo Harry! I’ll follow you on Substack.
Harry Litman is a respectable man...thankyou Mr. Littman!!
I was full of pride for Harry when I watched that episode on his channel.
Keep him busy on MTN Ben. Start selling shares to the network, we can all grow together ❤️
Newsweek magazine just published a scathing rundown of all Trump's chicanery and business failures. the first MSM outlet to do so. My question is: WHERE THE F**K WERE YOU BEFORE THE ELECTION? This information could surely have turned the tide away from the ultimate scam artist and delivered the vote to Harris.
I am thoroughly happy that Mr. Litman has integrity and honesty and stands up for principles all Americans should have...thank you very much for your correspondence with all of us.
I respect you for doing your best to make sure truth in reporting is still important--it certainly is to many of us out here.
I think you are very brave. Good for you. Still cannot wrap my head around why people voted for such a despicable, disgusting excuse for a human being. Thank you for standing up for what you believe in, our wonderful democracy.
Owner is kissing the ring as well, joe&mika, before the rest of media millionaires. They want tax credit.
We need lots of courageous Harry Litmans right now!
Thank you for taking a stand against the legacy media that has determined they will appease a dictator, instead of shouting the truth from their high place. I cancelled my WAPO after Jeff Bezos put the kibosh on endorsing Kamala. I am a political news junkie who watched cable news for hours a day, but I haven’t tuned into MSNBC since election night, and I’m not going back. The second they started beating up Dems for losing, instead of looking at how billionaires bought themselves a POTUS. They lost me. Plus, I cannot tolerate one more second of watching the Trump Show. His face, his voice, and his actions nauseate me, and I’m convinced I avoided a nervous breakdown after tuning out legacy/cable news.
So i understand Senator Clyburn suggests we forgive Donald Trump.. WHen i read that was the moment i decided not to seek counsel from any Senator . Democrat or Republican. How about Bill (Fu) Barr ? Both are Traitors and the good Senator wants to let them go .. what a greasy wheel he must be plugged into there in the Carolinas..
go Harry!
Litman has been one of the more outspoken talking heads for MSNBC .. unlike Neal Patel (???) who expressed disappointment in the Mueller report and thought he (Mueller) would deliver a forthright opinion instead of the the suck up .. lets be diplomatic .. take the high road.. surely there are not evil people in positions of leadership in THIS country.,, so naive ..if you believed him ..
I think it shows a lot of courage and we need people with a lot of courage right now thank you for standing up truth and principal