But I just don’t understand why y’all even cover the East Bay. Most of the Oakland stories highlight crime, thats good and helpful and an important part of the service SFist provides. But whenever an East Bay artist appears on these pages, it’s as “Bay Area” band/rapper/comic book artist or no mention at all that he/she is local. There are lots of Oakland events that go unwritten and unsnarked upon bt the Fist. Why? You don’t have the resources? Legitimate reason.
But when you do cover the East Bay and the majority of that coverage is “murder, slums, child prostitutes” and not any of the other bits it feels less and less like your helping us out with the coverage. Instead coverage of Oakland “as a mess” validates and reassures the world view of your newly minted San Franciscans. Comment on the place as ” a
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