Chronicle endorsement of Chiu shows that perspective is everything

Is flipping from progressive to moderate a good thing? It is if you're the Chronicle.

Keeney and Law

It’s no surprise that the San Francisco Chronicle today endorsed David Chiu in his race to replace Tom Ammiano in the California Assembly, given that Chiu and the Chronicle share a business-friendly neoliberal ideology. But what the Chronicle wrote in its endorsement reinforced progressive criticisms of Chiu and could have easily passed for an endorsement of David Campos if the paper was a bit more progressive. Read more »