SFist: SF Examiner Endorses McCain-Palin

Marie Copp

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:46:55 -0800

BRAVO AND BRAVA! THE EXAMINER USES LOGIC, INTELLIGENCE AND NON-EMOTIONAL JUDGMENT IN CHOOSING MC CAIN & PALIN -- NEWSPAPERS ENDORSE CANDIDATES ALL THE TIME -- AND MORE AND MORE ARE ENDORSING MC CAIN & PALIN AS THEY REALIZE HOW CRITICAL A TIME IT IS FOR THIS COUNTRY TO HAVE LEADERS WHO PUT AMERICA'S VALUES FIRST - NOT HOLLYWOOD AND ENFORCING THEIR LIBERAL IDEAS.

pstarr

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:26:49 -0800

wtf with newspapers endorsing candidates anyways? so much for unbiased journalism. oh, right...

RinconHillSF

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:59:01 -0800

That's my axe killer ex-girlfriend ... pay no attention to her

gjtorikian

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:44:16 -0800

The comments here are great: "jamie wrote,'Obama is a better man' wow! That's a powerful argument. The Examiner may need to reconsider."

Suz

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:32:18 -0800

Eh, the only times I've read the Ex lately was when waiting for MUNI without a book, and I was done reading the ingredients lists on the food wrappers blowing down the street. Even then it's about a ten minute read mad and five of those minutes are all ridiculous editorial comments and thinly disguised advertisements like the one mentioned above.

grouchothebestmarx

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:26:13 -0800

I live on the peninsula, and no matter how many times I call and tell them we don't want their free papers, they ignore me. They eventually blow all over and create the ugliness they are.

PoKonrad

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:17:09 -0800

Mentioning it just encourages their acting out.

Christopher Rogers

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:44:05 -0800

All y'all commenters already caught-onto/knew the Anschutz connection stuff. Freedom of the press belongs to those that own them. Sad but true. I wanna be a despotic publisher! I think it'd suit me.

alexei

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:40:16 -0800

Heh. I just saw an ad in the Ex the other day for a crackpot "Platinum Fuel Saver" that's supposed to increase your mileage. It was one of those ads that masquerades as an article. I though, gee, how low can they go...

Incandenza

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:38:55 -0800

Wow. Bill Gates looks horrible in that video. Is he sick or something?

SFSean

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:33:52 -0800

Ummm, it's just now that everyone is realizing that the Examiner is run by a right wing billionaire nut? Really? The whole purpose of buying the Examiner and then making it free and more ubiquitous was to give people decent local news coverage (the low price teaser to get them into the store) and then sneak in conservative viewpoints in the editorial section (the real product). So remember, read the Examiner at your own risk - the local news stuff is decent, but any op-ed stuff is highly suspicious to say the least.

huffybike

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:26:20 -0800

I guess we know how she won the all-important crackpot vote.

sfbs

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:07:05 -0800

The SF Examiner is a real newspaper? When making my choice of reading material for current events down at the coffee shop, I usually go with The Onion over the Examiner.

tigerbeat

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:40:27 -0800

Dan is right. The reason the Ex endorsed McCain Palin is because it is owned by a right-wing billionaire. They get Heritage Foundation ads because of the owner (and it probably was a buy in all the Exes with DC being the major target). I'd be surprised if the San Francisco staff had much if any input. Ok, they didn't. The same endorsement ran in the DC Ex http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/The_Examiner_endorses_McCain-Palin_dc.html You'd think that they would just let the SF paper endorse Obama. It isn't as if McCain will get one additional vote in San Francisco because of the endorsement. And even more people will now try to get the Ex to stop delivering to them now.

kapshure

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:32:52 -0800

I saw that today and couldn't believe it.. @Plug1 -- I keep puttin' those thurr

RinconHillSF

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:30:31 -0800

I already ranted on this topic on my blog ... www.RinconHillSF.org How can anyone endorse a ticket with Palin on it when she's only talked to three media folks over the last 4 weeks about being VP? Nonsense.

cedichou

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:27:36 -0800

the reason for the endorsement is spelled out quite clearly on the opposite page of the editorial in the print version. It's an ad from the Heritage foundation. The Ex gets his moneys from the GOP wingnut welfare advertising, so it's quite natural they'll endorse their candidate. I can't link to the heritage ad, but I took pictures here

Jeremy_ofSF

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:16:35 -0800

That should do wonders for the credibility of their other endorsements when they inevitable oppose Props B (affordable housing) and H (clean energy) and support the conservative candidates for Supervisor. Endorsement by the Examiner: a kiss of death second only to endorsement by the SF Republican party.

plumpy

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:12:26 -0800

Yeah, what the fuck. Their endorsement essentially just copies text from his website. The only criticism of him is framed as "friendly closing advice". And statements like "he will veto all earmarks and other pork barrel spending" just make them seem naïve. All earmarks? The President doesn't have a line-item veto, so that seems like quite a challenge. I'd be similarly suspicious of a statement like "Obama will bring health care to anyone who wants it." Sure, he'll try, but it's awfully bold to make such a claim.

mdw0526

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:04:02 -0800

That was the fucking stupidest thing I've ever read. Why did they blow their wad with an endorsement this early? To get attention, obviously. They're going to look really stupid as McBush's campaign continues to flail. What a sad, pathetic endorsement it was, and as mentioned above, look who owns the paper. What a fucking joke.

Deborah

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:43:56 -0800

They should be checked for third nipples like Anne Boleyn.

dantc

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:34:06 -0800

Who owns the examiner these days? Oh, right. Surprised face goes here.

Plug1

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:32:07 -0800

there is a McPile of over 200 Examiners in the door way to my building. i use them when i shave my head to keep from clogging the sink.

lazthedog

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:30:59 -0800

oh, the examiner: so that's who's been dumping litter on my stoop.

travin

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:24:58 -0800

Let's see ... local paper with 3% readership selects a controversial republican candidate for president in one of the most liberal towns in the country. Ya think anyone will notice?

SFX

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:21:54 -0800

we prefer the term "mentally challenged." freaking hippies.

rzu

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:19:16 -0800

Are you f*ckin kidding? McFailin? What the hell is wrong with these people?

zippy_monster

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:17:27 -0800

I figure it's something like tossing a dart at a wall. The lesser of the evils is neither McCain nor O'bama.