I poke fun at the foibles of the Daily Cal, but I consider the Chronicle to be crap. A few days ago the LA Times had exclusive pictures of what the inside of the Church of the Nativity looked like. The Chronicle counters with this.

Is there an interesting story here? Possibly; Davis is getting in trouble for his fundraising tactics, and for him to hit students up for $100 apiece in the midst of this would be the height of arrogance. And then surely the article would go on to give the background to the letter, including whether or not it was a simple form letter, reactions from the students involved, etc.

Problem: The article does absolutely none of this. Almost no reactions from students, very little background information, no nothing. And this happened in early March!

Instead, this is the most blatant and boring type of Hit Piece. The reporter trolls the incident around for stock condemnations from Important People, pretends to get the Opposing Viewpoint, then ends with

"The way we look at things from a grassroots angle is: There are two types of power -- money and people," Alford said. "That's an incredible example of how the people side of the Democratic Party is being pushed to the sidelines."

Hell, the headline of the article is 'Davis hits students up for cash.'

Trashy and pathetic. Leave Berkeley out of it.
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