I: On the Reilly v. Hearst/Chronicle antitrust suit
II: On
the Fang Family
III:
On Clint Reilly, Plaintiff
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On the
Reilly v. Hearst/Chronicle antitrust suit
"I'd give anything to know what Hearst did to
scare (Knight Ridder Chairman) Tony Ridder away so they
could give it to somebody who looks to most eyes a lot
less like a grown-up daily newspaper publisher."
Cynthia Gorney, associate professor at the
Graduate School of Journalism at the University of
California at Berkeley, quoted in SF Chronicle, March 18,
2000
"We ought to talk about how we can put
together somebody, a group of people to buy The
Examiner... Let Hearst have the Chronicle. Leave the
Examiner, a civic treasure, for us."
Willie Brown, quoted in SF Examiner,
January 9, 2000
"I would say that The San Francisco Examiner is
not worth using as toilet paper."
Willie Brown, speaking in October 1997,
quoted in SF Examiner, January
9, 2000
"You think I read the damn newspapers?"
Willie Brown, speaking in November 1997,
quoted in SF Examiner, January
9, 2000
"I look forward to the day when there no longer
is an Examiner."
Willie Brown, speaking in November 1995,
quoted in SF Examiner, January
9, 2000
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On the Fang
Family
"If (Ted Fang) runs the Examiner in any
fashion similar to how he's run
the San Francisco Independent, we can look forward to
unwarranted
smears, use of a major paper for what appears to be
purely political
purposes, and a really, really skewed version of reality
on a daily
basis. I can only call it a journalistic horror
story."
John Mecklin, editor and news columnist at
the SF Weekly, quoted in SF
Chronicle, March 18, 2000
"As court documents and sworn witness testimony
have shown, the Fangs
engaged in acts so duplicitous and brazenly unethical
that their case
should be submitted for special entry into the Journalism
Hall of
Shame."
Ken Garcia, columnist, SF Chronicle, May
6, 2000
"If you're looking for them (the Fangs) to lead
the way for civil
rights, they won't. They like to have control, you know,
so politicians
will kowtow to them."
Rose Pak of the Chinese Chamber of
Commerce and a former reporter for
the San Francisco Chronicle, quoted in SF Examiner, March
18, 2000
"Some of the things they publish in the
Independent are political hit
pieces... I am concerned about how they will run The
Examiner. I hope
they don't bring that type of journalism to The
Examiner."
Arnold Chin, president of the San
Francisco Board of Appeals and former
president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, quoted in
SF Examiner,
March 18, 2000
"The Independent used to be a decent newspaper,
(but) all they (the
Fangs) do is pump out filth in every election. Many see
them as
self-serving and vengeful.''
Barbara Meskunas, former president of the
Housing Authority Commission
and a former Fang employee at the Independent, quoted in
SF Chronicle,
March 18, 2000
"[Ted Fang's Independent has] relinquished, to a
great extent, its role
of balanced objective journalism in favor of campaign
rhetoric and
machine propaganda [and should] cease acting as a
mouthpiece for any
political machine."
Official Resolution passed by the Harvey
Milk Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
Transgender Democratic Club, quoted in SF Examiner,
September 30, 1999
"I watch the Independent like it's Pravda."
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Brown,
quoted in SF Examiner,
September 30, 1999