Oh so sad

Lest anyone accuse the Chronicle of yellow journalism, here was the important news banner stretched across the website this evening (one day post-highway collapse):

Evening Commute Goes Smoothly
Updated 10:05 p.m.: But experts say those conditions won't last
Detours | Video: CBS 5 / YouTube | Map | Traffic | Maze page

Remain alert! It's like the Bush terror color scale, except instead of a desperate attempt to justify stealing constitutional rights from the public, it's a desperate attempt to make San Francisco's only real newspaper seem relevant (and as an extension, the city itself).

There was a job posting for an editor at SFist.com, a website whose main purpose is to pick on the Chronicle. A couple of friends recommended I apply, but you know what? That's entry-level humor lobbed at an easy target. A challenge would be mocking the city full of amateurs, instead of the coverage of it.