I have been a reader of the San Francisco Chronicle for twenty five years. Like many of you, reading the morning paper with my first cup of coffee has become an important tradition. While the Chron has always had a liberal bias, talented writers like Herb Caen, Art Hoppe, and Stanton Delapane made for intelligent and enjoyable reading. Recently that bias has turned into a stifling, total domination, and without the talented writers of the past. As a result, my day starts out on a down note. I feel insulted and violated. More importantly, the taste of that first cup of coffee is ruined. And, sadly, all of this occurs before the sun gets very far up in the sky.
I also decided that there is a much bigger issue
I admit that when the ChronWatch concept first occurred to me, I had in mind a mere tweaking of the Chronicle's liberal nose. After getting deeper into the project, I realized that this is a far more serious issue. As the saying goes; this is a battle for the minds of the people. I have come to believe that the consequences of losing this battle are horrendous. It's no longer just a matter of choosing between a left center Democrat versus a right center Republican, an Al Gore versus a George Bush. While those are still extremely important individual issues, the real battle is over our most fundamental traditional values as a country.
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The editorial policies of the Chronicle require that they promote any liberal point of view. They have no intention of producing any semblance of "balance." ChronWatch offers the perspective so readily ignored, and even abused, by the Chronicle.
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