Jul 15, 2007
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
Banner week for SFist as the site’s new editor introduced himself — hooray for Brock! While the NY Times weighed in on SF’s mayoral race, only SFist had the (insert tongue firmly into cheek) hard-hitting latest on candidate/activist Josh Wolf. Coverage of a protest vs. gentrification spawned a fantastic debate amongst SFist’s readers. Finally, from the sublime to the ridiculous: video of a man that confused a Board of Supes meeting with “open mic…
Jan 30, 2007
Sockpuppet Mania Goes National
Most everyone who has ever commented on a messageboard or blog has used some sort of alias. There’s not really anything wrong with that. Well, unless you’re the mayor’s press secretary and you get caught using multiple aliases to defend your boss on a popular city blog. No, it didn’t happen here, but it did happen in San Francisco. According to an ABC 7 report on the matter, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s press secretary,…