There has been a lot of drama over newspaper endorsements lately. My own take is that they probably don’t matter much. After all, anyone who cares what the Washington Post editorial board thinks has already made up their mind in this election.
But I do think editorial boards can have some impact when their endorsements cut against the political grain. Case in point, the SF Chronicle has recently endorsed the recall of both progressive DA Pamela Price and embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. This is not what you’d necessarily expect from the city’s hometown liberal paper. First up, their take on DA Price.
Price’s short tenure has left us with deep concerns about her competency and fitness for office. Her lack of experience as a prosecutor — which we cited in our 2022 endorsement of one of her opponents — has proved costly.
The Chronicle reported this…
