Sunday, December 11, 2005
With no sense of irony
It's always a laugh when a newspaper refers to "the media" without taking any responsibility for what "the media" does. Hey, newsboy: You are the media!
Here's an example. It's a news story about how SF Mayor Gavin Newsom had to abandon his cops at the slightest hint of controversy, rather than waiting for an investigation. Why? Because "the media" would criticize him for dragging his feet, as "the media" is oversensitive to these kinds of issues.
But there's no hint of responsibility-taking on the part of The Chron.
But any prospect of letting the investigation run its course before acting was set aside the next day by Newsom and his advisers after his office began receiving media inquiries about the videos.
Media inquiries. But... uh... hey, we're not media. We're just the major newspaper in town.
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