“A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.”
While often miscredited to Winston Churchill or Mark Twain, this quote is probably best attributed to Jonathan Swift. But that’s less important here than the fact that Swift wrote a version of it back in 1710 — before Twitter, Nextdoor, television or even electronically amplified sound.
Three centuries and change later, there is still no better antidote for misinformation than boots-on-the-ground reporting. And this is something Mission Local can do.
Our reporters know what’s happening because they see it with their own eyes; in the past year and change Mission Local journalists observed and were first on the scene to not one but two gunfights alone.
Whether it’s breaking news — fire, crashes, demonstrations — or deeper and more complex developments affecting San Francisco life, Mission Local is there. Your donations fund the most elemental, impactful reporting.
The type that no technology has yet replaced.
Thank you,
Joe
