Comments on: San Francisco’s Quality Daily?

By: kelvingreen

kelvingreen — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:33:59 +0000

What really fucks me off are the inane headlines on these things. A headline is supposed to tell you very briefly about what the story is about. Here’s one from today’s Grauniad:
“Man shot was innocent Brazilian”

Whereas Yanqui papers tend to use leftover crossword clues, usually with random commas chucked in:
“Movies, TV said to cue faking”

Fuuuuuuuuck.

And I think you should start a Beer paper. The Daily Beer? Beer Times? The Beerdian?

By: James Leahy

James Leahy — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:03:38 +0000

I could quite happily people watch in Mishka’s all day. I say people watch, I’d actually just be letching at the girls. Betwen cups of coffee and games of chess of course…

By: Rehash

Rehash — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 06:17:22 +0000

“Coffee shops are very good places for people watching.”

You’re so right… I go there to watch you, and no one else but you.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:55:23 +0000

Yeah, the Chronicle isn’t really a big league paper, but many locals bafflingly act as if it is. It’s one of the cases where San Francisco tries to punch above its weight and fails. The number of people I notice reading it when they could have the NY Times is surprising.

Coffee shops are very good places for people watching.

By: Rehash

Rehash — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:07:27 +0000

To be fair, most newspapers have much larger front pages, accompanied by much smaller secondary sections. For example, the New York Times and Los Angeles Times usually has a 20-page or so front page. The Chronicle, for some reason, isn’t among the upper echelon of American journalism. The rarified air up there tends to be shared by the NY Times, LA Times, and Guns & Ammo.