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There's a staff editorial in this week's SFBG discussing the decline of the Chronicle and a new KQED/Warren Hellman-led non-profit venture to create a new online news source for San Francisco. The Guardian takes a few moments to get in some digs at the Chron -- in particular at such conservative columnists as C.W. Nevius who we'd probably agree seems to "disdain everything about San Francisco and urban life in general" -- and they assert, "It's little wonder then that a significant percentage of San Franciscans (in particular, younger people) see no reason whatsoever to pick up the San Francisco Chronicle."
While we might not go *so* far as to say that, we certainly think they make some good points, especially that the Bay Area can't live without a strong, fully staffed, daily news gathering organization -- as very modestly staffed bloggers we depend on real reporters to feed us the details, in case you hadn't noticed. However we disagree that news coverage has notably worsened since the decline of the Chron. Though the Bay Area may be hurting for good reportage, we think that started long before the Chron's most recent woes. Anyhow, check out the piece and weigh in as you like. Good day.
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The Guardian is missing the point here -- the Chronicle is in COLOR. That's right, motherfucking COLOR. Have you seen that shit? It's so high-tech you'd think you were living on the Starship fucking Enterprise.
"Captain's log stardate 234892347.5, I just read The SF Chronicle. And it was in fucking color. I shat my pants when I saw it."
So quit your whining, Guardian. We don't want "new" in SF. We want COLOR, dammit!
Should say "we don't want 'news' in SF."
Freudian slip, my bad!
NOBODY wants "new" in SF, least of all the Guardian.
I'm sure the Guardian has lots of advice for would-be newsies. "Don't pay anyone". "If you can't compete, sue." "Blame PG&E for everything."
what's the percentage of people in san francisco who find no reason whatsoever to pick up the Guardian? i'd like that statistic. the Guardian doesn't deliver any news stories; they deliver their opinions on what is news. i may be wrong, but my journalism background in college taught me that news stories should be neutral. i'm not saying that the chron is always neutral, but the guardian rarely is. it saddens me that the chron might meet its demise in the future; i really do enjoy reading it. not as much as SFist thought. ; )
100% of me. I haven't read it in years. Ever since they fired Isadora there's nothing there of substance.
Only in San Francisco would Nevius be considered "conservative".
I guess we should just relish the city's dysfunctional aspects and and not aspire to having a city like NY that's both liberal AND livable.