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Yeah, I get why people have other impressions: media reports. But local media is under severe financial pressure, and negative news about city crime is both eye
by wpietri 4y ago
Yeah, I get why people have other impressions: media reports. But local media is under severe financial pressure, and negative news about city crime is both eyeball-grabbing and cheap to report. And right-wing national media has had it in for San Francisco for more than 25 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_values https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_values
- pessimizer 4y agoThat being said, paid media pushes about SF being a hellscape are usually connected to a current political campaign; either to preemptively immunize the city from big spending on some crime initiative with big-pocketed contractors, or to elevate or destroy some candidate for public office. I assume this is London Breed's office begging for the reactionary vote. Imagine thinking 60 shoplifters are a major danger to the city of San Francisco.