Chronicle Seeks to Undermine Minimum Wage Study

by Randy Shaw via Beyond Chron

Fri, Jan 6, 2006 8:41AM

The San Francisco Chronicle opposed the November 2003 initiative that created an $8.50 per hour city minimum wage, believing that the $6.75 state minimum was sufficient. Now that a new study has shown that none of the predicted negatives associated with the wage hike has occurred, the Chronicle’s January 4 article on the report continues the paper’s anti-wage hike crusade. Forget the fact that the current $8.82 per hour remains far below what city contractors must pay, or that the state minimum has not kept up with inflation. With its Season of Sharing charity program over for the year, the paper can get back to putting the needs of the Committee of Jobs ahead of San Francisco’s low-wage workers.

When a think-tank affiliated with the University of California releases a study, the media typically covers its findings and does not challenge its credibility. Reporters customarily seek dissenting or contrary opinions, but not to the extent that critics, particularly those lacking empirical data, get nearly equal time.

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