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“I’m updating this because the podcast definitely feels like it’s changed for the better since the editorial switch. The tone seems less judgmental and more journalistic. I’ve left the original review below.
I appreciate local Bay Area news, and there aren’t many podcasts I’ve found that do that regularly, so for that, thank you SF Chron.
But this podcast gets under my skin almost every episode. Mostly it’s the tone, which is unapologetically conservative (by Bay Area standards). Talking about homeless people in the North Bay, the reporter mentions “their misery” multiple times, and how folks in the camp are “fighting over crack pipes.” He mentions possible reasons for the size of the encampment he’s covering (the North Bay fires from two years ago), but he doesn’t actually tell any stories from the perspective of the people living there. He only mentions the discomfort of the neighbors who no longer wish to use their bike path.
Recently one of the editors interviewed a reporter who covered the story of Omar Ameen, an Iraqi refugee living in California who is facing a court battle over extradition. Y’all can look up the story, but the whole podcast the editor presented this story as though it was reported by the Chron, when in fact the original in-depth reporting was done by Ben Taub at the New Yorker. Sure, the Chronicle has a “new angle” about how Facebook and Twitter are involved in Ameen’s story, but there wasn’t even a hat tip to Taub.
TL; DR: There are basically no other good options for a Bay Area news podcast, but this has a lot of room for improvement.”
sick_jam_band via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/23/20
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“Your laughs and chuckles many times are incongruent with the subject of discussion and comes across as insensitive. Difficult listen”
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United States of America ·
05/18/20
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“When the SF Chronicle, which has for the last 7yrs or so become the media wing for leftwing regimes in SF and Oakland, can barely defend what has happened to those cities, you know things have gone off the rails. More so in Oakland which has ideological fervor and incompetence all in one. ...”Read full review »
CredibleReviews via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/23/23
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