Sac Bee again on wrong warpath against extremist-tied Kevin Kiley
The best weapon journalists have against questionable politics is good, thoughtful journalism. But such an arrow is once again missing...
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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Jeff Burdick
Jul 31, 2022
Obituary for Sacramento Bee election coverage
The Washington Post has the most memorable and consequential motto in journalism: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Adopted in 2017, the...
Jeff Burdick
May 2, 2022
4th Major Sacramento-area GOP Campaign Criticizes Sac Bee Ed Board
The 2022 primary season has quickly turned into a losing referendum on the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. Two weeks ago, three major GOP...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 26, 2022
Hate Triangle: Sheriff Jones, Kiley & Sac Bee
When a top Congressional candidate refuses a newspaper’s invitation to sit for an endorsement interview, that often says a bit about the...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 29, 2022
Midterm roundup & updates: Why the media apathy?
Many items in the following midterm election roundup remind me of a 1990s quote from former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. When asked...
Jeff Burdick
Jan 7, 2022
In Local 1000 power struggle, choice of local media clear
A major story involving the largest public employee union in California continues to unwind like a soap opera – though a soap opera with...
Jeff Burdick
Dec 15, 2021
Year-in-Review: Our 10 best political articles of 2021
Foremost, 2021 will be remembered as the second year of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it was also an extremely busy year in politics –...
Jeff Burdick
Nov 26, 2021
Opioids, extremism & Sacramento Bee alligator arms
“Long-time” readers of the Sacto Politico (we are just 14 months old) know my brand of media criticism can seem sharpest toward the...
Jeff Burdick
Sep 9, 2021
A proud anniversary covering California politics
With this issue, the SactoPolitico.com marks its first full year of publishing. Coincidentally, that’s the paper anniversary, which is...
Jeff Burdick
Aug 26, 2021
Supervisor Frost on vax mandates, Sac Bee criticisms
The Sacramento Bee editorial board is no stranger to trafficking in sophomoric insult. In recent years, it has called targets “dimwits”...
Jeff Burdick
Jan 19, 2021
Sacramento’s riot of heated rhetoric included Sac Bee
Many thanks to the Sacramento News & Review (SNR) last week running most of my OpEd about inflammatory local rhetoric that blemished the...
Jeff Burdick
Dec 2, 2020
Hasta La Gustus: Sac Bee Editor moving on
In a roundabout way, the Sacramento Bee’s recent announcement of the imminent departure of its president and editor, Lauren Gustus,...
Jeff Burdick
Oct 1, 2020
Update: Bee finally covers political extremism, sort of
A 1,500-word story represents quite a dedication of time and effort, but it’s ultimately Sacramento readers who were the most shortchanged.
Jeff Burdick
Sep 15, 2020
Why did Sacto media cover extremist rally but not the extremism?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aug. 1 on the steps of the California’s state capitol, the state GOP-endorsed Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson...
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