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Chronicle Slants News to Boost Westly
On the eve of the June 6 election, the San Francisco’s Chronicle’s crack investigative team of Carla “I love Arnold” Marinucci and John Wildermuth have made banner headlines by highlighting that Phil Angelides received millions from his close friend and longtime ally, Sacramento developer Angelo Tskakopoulous. The Chronicle hopes voters believe that there is something sinister about Tskakopoulous’s contributions, even suggesting that Angelides would be put “in the developer’s back pocket.” What the Chronicle does not say is that Angelides has long credited Tskakopoulous for helping build his career, and that the two have a near father-son relationship that has nothing to do with “buying” political favors. The real story here is how the San Francisco Chronicle is recycling and misrepresenting old news to boost Steve Westly, who the paper has endorsed against Angelides.
In San Francisco’s 1987 Mayor’s race, the San Francisco Chronicle (under prior ownership) had a week of front-page stories attacking progressive candidate Art Agnos for his financial relationship with a Sacramento developer named Angelo Tskakopoulous.
Although Tskakopoulos was not politically involved in San Francisco, and had never used his friendship with then Assemblymember Agnos to influence state legislation, the Chronicle tried to tarnish Agnos as an unethical tool of developers.
Agnos survived the Chronicle’s attacks, and went on to defeat the candidate heavily backed by the Chronicle, developers, and real estate interests. Now the Chronicle seeks to undermine another progressive candidate by virtue of his friendship with Tskakopoulos.
Angelo Tskakopoulos is a longtime donor to Democratic Party candidates, and his family has served on ceremonial commissions under Mayor’s Brown and Newsom. Unlike the plethora of insurance companies, oil conglomerates, global corporations and real estate interests that have funneled tens of millions of dollars to secure favors from Governor Schwarzenegger, Tskakopoulos’s donations to Angelides are motivated by friendship, not future political payback.
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Although Tskakopoulos was not politically involved in San Francisco, and had never used his friendship with then Assemblymember Agnos to influence state legislation, the Chronicle tried to tarnish Agnos as an unethical tool of developers.
Agnos survived the Chronicle’s attacks, and went on to defeat the candidate heavily backed by the Chronicle, developers, and real estate interests. Now the Chronicle seeks to undermine another progressive candidate by virtue of his friendship with Tskakopoulos.
Angelo Tskakopoulos is a longtime donor to Democratic Party candidates, and his family has served on ceremonial commissions under Mayor’s Brown and Newsom. Unlike the plethora of insurance companies, oil conglomerates, global corporations and real estate interests that have funneled tens of millions of dollars to secure favors from Governor Schwarzenegger, Tskakopoulos’s donations to Angelides are motivated by friendship, not future political payback.
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http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=3340#more
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