<html><body> <DIV>The papers you speak of (the SF Bay Guardian, the SF Weekly, etc) are weekly and not daily so one cannot depend on them to get breaking news - and besides I wonder how many people read the Guardian for the journalism as opposed to the theater listings, movie & dining reviews.  I would think the latter provides the larger portion of the readership.  Further if one lives out in the suburban East Bay or on the peninsula (as I do) you can almost give up on local news (although the Examiner attempts to cover a little of it, albeit poorly). SR</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: joanna <123hop@comcast.net> <BR><BR><BR>> Times. They just don't <BR>> I'm not sure I understand about "tabloids" -- in the bay area, the free <BR>> weekly papers do 99% of all the muckraking journalism there is to be had <BR>> in any paper -- and the approach is more scholarly than <BR>> sensationalistic. But, of course, that's the Bay area. I'm willing to <BR>> admit I live in a bubble. <BR>> <BR>> > Joanna <BR>> <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ___________________________________ <BR>> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>