Chronicle Advertising Demonstrates Corporate Media's Loyalty

When information about Burma is lacking, Chevron's latest PR campaign is a telling substitute. Chevron/Texaco division Unocal is a well-documented collaborator with the Myanmar government, itself admitting forcing people off the land, the use of forced labor and other abuses in construction of the Yadana gas project, providing security Unocal workers and equipment, and imprisonment, torture, and/or execution by the army of anyone opposing such actions.

The Chronicle’s responsibility to investigate the ties between Unocal and the military Junta are even greater since Chevron’s headquarters are local to the bay area. Placing their big bright ads right next to Aung San Suu Kyi’s photo is nothing less than shameful.