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Should Mayor Darrell Steinberg Bail Out the Bankrupt Sacramento Bee?

March 9, 2020 6:59 amMarch 9, 2020 7:46 am

The bankruptcy of the McClatchy newspaper chain has driven Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg to mount a rescue operation. As Ryan Lillis reports, Steinberg is working to “form a local ownership group that could purchase The Sacramento Bee, separating the 163-year-old...

McClatchy Bankruptcy Backstories

February 19, 2020 2:34 amFebruary 20, 2020 2:17 pm

Last week the McClatchy newspaper chain filed for bankruptcy, ending family control of the nation’s second-largest news company. Writers for the chain’s flagship Sacramento Bee cited the $4.4 billion acquisition of the Knight-Ridder chain in 2006, and the woes of...

Did Fake News Have Anything to do with McClatchy Filing Bankruptcy?

February 14, 2020 8:28 amFebruary 14, 2020 8:45 am

Readers of the Sacramento Bee, might wonder if fake news had something to do with the chain’s slide into bankruptcy. “McClatchy Co. filed for bankruptcy Thursday,” wrote Kevin G. Hall in the Sacramento Bee, “a move that will end...

‘Destined to Burn’ Because Rural CA Towns Vote Against Taxes to Increase Fire Safety?

November 6, 2019 12:27 pmNovember 6, 2019 12:35 pm

Does Proposition 13 cause firefighters to lose their jobs? “This California firefighter nearly died,” proclaimed the headline of Ryan Sabalow’s Sacramento Bee report on Monday. “Then voters laid him off — in fight for lower taxes.” If they continue...

Fact-Check Missing in Article About Fur Ban Legislation in California

July 21, 2019 3:14 pmJuly 22, 2019 7:39 am

A recent Sacramento Bee article, Conservative group paid for pro-fur testimony at the Capitol, California activists charge, feigns shock and outrage over a Libertarian college group offering to pay students to travel to the State Capitol and help them oppose...