New Report Slams Chronicle’s Coverage of Development IssuesRandy Shawbyline‚ Oct. 30‚ 2007A new report by the Youth Media Council has found that during February, March and April 30, 2007, the San Francisco Chronicle ran four times as many stories about Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie than about African-Americans leaving San Francisco. The report also found that the Chronicle rarely featured stories on gentrification or displacement, and when development issues were discussed, corporate solutions took precedence over community strategies. While the study’s conclusions do not come as a surprise, its statistical analysis of Chronicle news stories shows that the paper’s promotion of corporate solutions to urban problems transcends the editorial page, and is more deeply rooted than many might suspect. |