No Alternative

Photo By TJ Sullivan

It's hard to be an alternative newspaper in the absence of a mainstream daily.

Alternative to what?

So, it's no surprise to read that the San Francisco Bay Guardian would rather the San Francisco Chronicle stick around:

We've been as critical of the Chron as anyone in town. For 42 years, we've been reporting on the failures of the daily newspapers in San Francisco, and we regularly blast the Hearst-owned near-monopoly daily for its failure to cover major stories and its biased slant on others.

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But if the Chronicle dies, the city will lose an important, if often infuriating, civic institution. Hearst should not be allowed to turn San Francisco into the first major American city with no major daily newspaper — not without extensive oversight, hearings, and a chance for somebody else to take over the paper and try to make it work.

Read the rest of the editorial at the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

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-- TJ Sullivan

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