10/19   The Chron endorses Schwarzenegger.  So have they been drifting to the
        right like someone on motd claimed about the LA Times?
        http://tinyurl.com/yyv3xs (sfgate.com)
        \_ The Chron is a Hearst newspaper; Hearst was a Nazi sympathizer.
           They've been solidly right ever since Hearst bought the paper
           and spun off Brand Ex.  They publish Debra Saunders for chrissakes.
           -tom
           \_ If you think the Chronicle is right-wing, do you think The
              People's Weekly World is centrist??
           \_ I'm convinced that the entity that signs "-tom" is a bot, and not
              a person.  No one could be that far out of it.
           \_ I usually agree with tom, but the Chron appears to be less right
              wing than any other major paper that I read, and I read plenty
              of them.  They are right wing if right wing means they have
              slashed the number of reporters so their coverage consists
              of who is responsible for large potholes, lame ass political
              gossip columnists, giant FOOD and WINE sections, and plenty of
              international and national coverage bought from wire services.
              Just because they print Pat Buchanan, Victor Hansen, Saunders,
              and plenty of cranky letters from old farts in the suburbs
              does not by any stretch of the imagination make the
              Chron right wing.  If you want a real right wing paper, read
              the new Examiner, their stories and editorial page have a
              a clear right wing less government evil liberals slant.  I don't
              expect you to though since it is a small, free paper in SF now
              that I doubt gets much readership.
              \_ Personally, I think that the issue of left/right bias with
                 respect to the SF Chronicle is beside the point.  That paper
                 would be a little dissapointing for a middle-American city of
                 100,000 people.  For one of the major cultural, scientific,
                 technological, business, shipping and artistic centers of
                 the U.S., it's a fucking disgrace in just about every way.
        \_ Its all part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Its the same
           conspiracy that is preventing the media from covering the
           "hundreds" of non-random acts of violence perpetrated by the
           "Bush Brownshirts" against dissidents nationwide. Basically,
           the rich conservative people who control the media don't want
           the namby-pamby, high tax, big government democrats to get
           elected b/c democrats would put an end to media consolidation
           by putting anti-consolidation, pro-local media diversification
           people in charge of the FCC, which would lead to lots of
           competition that would hurt big media's monopoly on the info-
           rmation. Information wants to be free! The Tru7h is Out There!
           RUN LINUX! RIDE BIKE!
           \_ did dubya or mr. rove teach you teh strawman?
              \_ it's called humor.  try it.  you might like it.  -someone else
              \_ it's called humor.  try it.  you might like it.
                 -someone else
        \_ once again, it's too bad the editorial staff didn't make a
           reference to the gropinator keeping his hands to himself
           as a plus