‘Lamebrain paper’: Sean Penn on SF Chronicle
p2pnet news | Politics:- An “increasingly lamebrain paper.”
That’s Sean Penn’s current take of the San Francisco Chronicle, to which he’s been contributing.
In a letter to the editor, “From reading The Chronicle’s banner-line propaganda, which teases the ’star envy’ piece within (’A modest proposal for celebs on the skids,’ Thursday), I could only hope this great city was more clever than its increasingly lame-brain paper,” says Penn, going on:
In its unequivocal naming of Chavez as dictator on A1, either “Pop Culture” man Peter Hartlaub or his equally biased Chronicle editor, doesn’t quite understand that Venezuela’s President Chavez was democratically elected, and that dictators don’t lose constitutional referendums.
The Chronicle should take comfort that the New York Times generally does no better than them here. Yet, in the paper’s attack on Oliver Stone, who, agree with him or not, has at least the balls, passion and intellectual curiosity to pursue information away from a porcelain dumping bowl and a desperate newspaper, we see another attempt to marginalize the outspoken. (Outspoken: a louder and more credible voice than The Chronicle itself.)
For myself, also listed in Hartlaub’s piece, it should be noted that my recent trip to Venezuela was as a journalist, and marginalization of that due to “celebrity” is simply “Putin ultra light” to me.
Believe it or not, I have a reasonably good sense of humor (if that’s what Hartlaub attempted), but I felt so embarrassed, even for The Chronicle.
Its “hard news” section for the banner line, and now its Datebook editorials have become Mad Magazine for small-minded cowards and former writers of substance.
Who could that be, Phil?
How did Chronicle editor Phil Bronstein feel about Penn’s criticism?
“People get riled up about a lot of things, particularly in this day and age; they get to express themselves,” Associated Press has him saying.
“We were more than happy to print his letter.”
Also See:-
San Francisco Chronicle – An actual ‘dictator’ isn’t elected by the people, January 14, 2008
Associated Press – Sean Penn Takes Issue With SF Paper, January 16, 2008
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