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Newsom –Chronicle Relations Have Frayed
After going all-out for Gavin Newsom during the 2003 mayoral race, and providing fawning coverage of the Mayor in 2004, the San Francisco Chronicle’s honeymoon with Mayor Newsom appears over. After two years of uncritical coverage, the Chronicle claimed on August 28 that Newsom was “missing in action.” The paper has also blamed the Mayor for Chronicle-invented problems at the Department of Building Inspection. Why has the Chronicle changed its tune? One reason is that the Newsom press office decided to treat all media fairly, instead of giving the Chronicle the first dibs on stories. Another is that Mayor Newsom refuses to engage in the hand-holding and personal stroking that Chronicle editors expect. As Newsom ignores the paper’s pleas for attention, its editors are increasing the volume of their complaints.
After going all-out for Gavin Newsom during the 2003 mayoral race, and providing fawning coverage of the Mayor in 2004, the San Francisco Chronicle’s honeymoon with Mayor Newsom appears over. After two years of uncritical coverage, the Chronicle claimed on August 28 that Newsom was “missing in action.” The paper has also blamed the Mayor for Chronicle-invented problems at the Department of Building Inspection. Why has the Chronicle changed its tune? One reason is that the Newsom press office decided to treat all media fairly, instead of giving the Chronicle the first dibs on stories. Another is that Mayor Newsom refuses to engage in the hand-holding and personal stroking that Chronicle editors expect. As Newsom ignores the paper’s pleas for attention, its editors are increasing the volume of their complaints.
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