San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle has a Left AllSides Media Bias Rating.
May 2022 Independent Review
A May 2022 Independent Review by an AllSides reviewer on the right confirmed the Left rating, though a reviewer on the left argued Lean Left was a better rating for the outlet. The reviewers noted that on the Chronicle's Politics page, there were indicators of a left bias:
- Word choices typically favored on the left, such as "restorative justice programs", "abortion rights", "reproductive healthcare" (to describe abortion), "pro-choice activists" (instead of "pro-abortion," the phrase typically used by conservatives); there was a positive description of pro-choice marchers: "The demonstration drew thousands of people, who were united in their desire to elevate the national conversation around reproductive health care."
- Negative coverage of anti-abortion activists (but no mention of actions by pro-choice activists that had made local San Francisco news in recent weeks): "Antiabortion activists ‘barged’ into UCSF women’s clinic, recorded patients and stalked a doctor,..."
- Negative coverage of people who didn't want the covid vaccine: "S.F. firefighters who refused vaccines fought their firings with misinformation and conspiracy theories..."
- Positive coverage of a "New Deal ballot proposal"
- Critical coverage of a company that "made millions more in profit than allowed"
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A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to allow President Trump to start building his wall at the Mexican border, saying funding has been denied by Congress, which has constitutional authority over federal spending.
The 2-1 ruling by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco left intact a decision by U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam of Oakland barring the Trump administration from transferring funds from Defense Department programs to build the first segments of the wall in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and near El Centro, Calif.
Trump, who had promised during his presidential campaign that Mexico would pay for the wall, sought $5.7 billion in funding from Congress last year. When lawmakers approved only $1.375 billion for limited barrier construction, the president vetoed an appropriations bill and closed down many government operations for 35 days, starting Dec.. 22 — the longest shutdown in U.S. history.