California Elections

[J Cullen]

I thought it was interesting, when I tried this morning to find information
about the Prop 226 vote -- which arguably was the biggest union win since
the UPS strike -- that the LA Times did not headline the Prop 226 vote and
apparently ran a wire story inside, the San Francisco Chronicle did not run
a story with it on the front page but ran one inside and the SF Examiner,
in its Wednesday morning election follow-up, did not lede a story or
commentary on Prop 226, at least according to their web sites. Does anybody
think the story would have been played differently if the corporations had
won that vote?

To California listmembers: How did the TV stations cover the election? I
hear the pre-election coverage was dismal to non-existent.

-- Jim Cullen


>Hank Sims wrote:
>
>>     The first results indicate that all the worst initiatives are
>>passing: Prop 226 (the anti-union measure) has a slim lead; Prop 227
>>(anti-bilingual education) is a shoo-in.
>
>Well, we know now that this news on 226 was premature. A month ago it
>looked like a sure win, but the unions really flexed their muscle and
>stopped it, by a 53/47 margin. (There's an LA Times story at
><http://latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/POLITICS/ELECT98/ap_prop226.htm>.) Imagine
>what the unions could do if they'd fought, say, welfare "reform" (on which
>they were essentially silent) or the IMF refunding (which they're for)!
>
>Doug

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