The Los Angeles Times laid off 115 employees on Tuesday, including about 25% of its newsroom, but two of the Times' worst employees appear to have managed to avoid layoffs.

The firings come days after reporters, editors, columnists and others went on a one-day strike aimed at pressuring owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong to cut staff. The cuts come weeks after senior newsroom staff resigned.

“We continue to believe in the Los Angeles Times and the important role it plays in a vibrant democracy,” the Los Angeles Times Guild said in a statement. statement. “But newspapers cannot play that role if their staffs are drastically reduced. Los Angeles is a first-class city, a first-class city for checking leaders, celebrating victories, and telling people's stories.” We need a newsroom.” (Related: LA Times refuses to submit questions found in Biden reporter's cheat sheet)

statement from @latguild Regarding today's mass layoffs @latimes: pic.twitter.com/uRPWcMJqpf

— LA Times Guild 🦅 (@latguild) January 23, 2024

“This termination was carried out in a brutal and inhumane manner,” the statement continued. “Members were locked out of communications systems before they could even read termination notices in company emails. Some were fired within hours of starting work.”

“Today has been an exhausting day,” the statement concluded.

Yet somehow, for two of perhaps the most insufferable LA Times reporters, the firing was no pain.

Don't get me wrong. We are not advocating more layoffs. Layoffs are scary in this economy. But if any reporter deserves the ax, it's the two who danced on the graves of anti-vaxxers and tried to clean up after Hamas decapitated an Israeli infant.

Adam Elmalek, an investigative reporter who seems to be staying employed for now, is probably just “disinformation” and pointing out that Hamas has decapitated Israelis in barbaric assaults. The same thing he claimed was “disinformation.”

In a now private tweet, Elmahrek claimed that the report by Israeli news outlet i24News about the above was “unverified” and “sensational.”

Elmahrek said the “only source” of information “appears to be the Israeli military, which is widely known for spreading lies and disinformation.”

Elmalek went a step further and claimed that other journalists also: CNN's Nick Robertsonand CBS News' Norah O'Donnell Those reporting on the “heinous allegations” will have “blood on their hands”, the spokesperson said. free beacon.

But once again, the Times seems to share Mr. Elmalek's disgusting attitude of ignorance. Edit article “While a previous version of this column referred to rape in the attack, such reports have not been substantiated.”

Witnesses to this horrific attack have repeatedly stated that the woman was raped and murdered.

And, of course, there's business columnist Michael Hiltzik, who also appears to have survived a round of layoffs.

Hiltzik is perhaps best known for mocking unvaccinated people who have died from the coronavirus.Hilzig Said CNN said that while it is usually appropriate to commemorate the dead in a positive manner, it is not “completely appropriate” to do the same for those who died from COVID-19 and were not vaccinated.

“Many of them are actually promoting reckless and dangerous policies and are taking innocent people with them,” Hiltzik said. “Each of these deaths is a teaching moment, but unfortunately we are not learning the lessons we should be hearing from them.”

LA Times @hiltzikm On opposing vaccination mandates and mocking people who have died from coronavirus: “We have a cultural habit of not speaking ill of the dead…I don't know if that's entirely appropriate in this case. I don't know, because many of them have actually promoted policies that are reckless and dangerous.” pic.twitter.com/zEXIrYmYlI

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 15, 2022

Hiltzik's comments came after him. Column published The title is: “Mocking anti-vaxxers' deaths from coronavirus is cruel, but it may be necessary.”

“How should we respond to the deaths of unvaccinated people? On the one hand, a hallmark of civilized thinking is the sense that every life is precious,” Hiltzik wrote. “Meanwhile, they willfully ignored sober medical advice by refusing to receive a vaccine known to reduce the risk of serious illness from the virus, including the risk to others.” , those who end up in hospitals or graves may be considered to be undergoing treatment.''Just desert.'' ”

As the Times pleads for new subscribers to keep the organization afloat, management might want to look inward and ponder why no one wants to read its stories anyway. Instead of firing reporters who write about food, art, or even games, they might fire reporters who mock the deaths of their fellow citizens and serve as spokespersons for terrorist organizations.

The Daily Caller reached out to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times Guild, Hiltzik and Elmalek, but did not receive a response as of press time.