Today's Quote

"Right now, there are multiple reporters covering important issues. You might have one from the Contra Costa Times, one from the Mercury News, one from the Chronicle" and one representing Singleton's Bay Area papers, said John McManus, director of a San Jose State University project evaluating local journalism. "If MediaNews takes over all of those but the Chronicle, there will be two reporters. It would be one thing if one single company owned the grocery stores or the car dealerships or the computer outlets, but none of those have the power to define reality, and that is the power that journalism has."