Sacramento Bee Continues to Take a Beating for Mayor Coverage

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Criticism of the Sacramento Bee's coverage of the city's mayors race continued yesterday, with the Sacramento Police Officers Association weighing in with some stinging criticism of the newspaper. The union has endorsed challenger Kevin Johnson.

Their press release notes:

Today, the Sacramento Police Officers' Association took issue with the Sacramento Bee's headline, "Chief concerned about Sac High's Johnson probe, although no crime occurred," calling it an effort to mislead readers and sensationalize a non-story. Said Brent Meyer, President of the Board, Sacramento Police Officers Association: "We have serious concerns with the Bee's sensationalized headline and failure to accurately reflect Chief Braziel's news conference. The Chief was unequivocal in his support of the investigation-both in how it was handled and closed. The Bee headline misleads readers and is clearly done to sensationalize a non-story. We join with the other community leaders in supporting Kevin Johnson and call on the Bee to responsibly cover the mayoral campaign."

It will be interesting to see if the Bee's Public Editor weighs in on these complaints about the newspaper's coverage on Sunday.