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Ghost Stories: Scams Targeting S.F.'s Cantonese Community Reveal the Terrible Power of Belief
By Albert Samaha
"It's simply depressing to read the San Francisco Chronicle or Examiner, the Houston Post, the Atlanta Constitution, the Denver Post," writes David Remnick in a squishy look at Ben Bradlee's memoirs in the Sept. 18 New Yorker. "Once great and near-great papers in major cities are in retreat." ... But at least you could break the back of a Chihuahua with a our local Sunday paper. The Aug. 17 San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle weighs in at 2 pounds 6 ounces, although sections of the newspaper containing editorial account for only 1 pound 1 ounce of that mass.
