Christina Kahrl
@christinakahrl.bsky.social
Sports Editor for S.F. Chronicle (sfchronicle.bsky.social); former ESPN senior editor, Baseball Prospectus cofounder, University of Chicago product, NorCal roots & resident
#trans she/her
Freelance pitches are *WELCOME*
#trans she/her
Freelance pitches are *WELCOME*
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Margaret Sullivan discusses the abysmal ethics of NYT's Epstein coverage, including the paper's radio silence following disclosure of the fact that its lead Epstein correspondent was seeking money from Epstein. The corruption goes far in explaining NYT's editorially deranged Epstein coverage.
Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
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November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Margaret Sullivan discusses the abysmal ethics of NYT's Epstein coverage, including the paper's radio silence following disclosure of the fact that its lead Epstein correspondent was seeking money from Epstein. The corruption goes far in explaining NYT's editorially deranged Epstein coverage.
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Kendrick Bourne spent his first five NFL seasons living like a one-man rock band: Booze. Drugs. Women.
Then he changed his life. It began at a Miami nightclub near the end of a three-day binge.
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Then he changed his life. It began at a Miami nightclub near the end of a three-day binge.
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers... #49ers
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Kendrick Bourne spent his first five NFL seasons living like a one-man rock band: Booze. Drugs. Women.
Then he changed his life. It began at a Miami nightclub near the end of a three-day binge.
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers... #49ers
Then he changed his life. It began at a Miami nightclub near the end of a three-day binge.
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers... #49ers
Few sports reporters are competent when it comes to reporting in depth about NFL players' interior lives when it comes to matters of faith. But @eric-branch.bsky.social is one of those very few. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
49ers’ Kendrick Bourne was lost. Then he found salvation at a Miami nightclub
San Francisco 49ers receiver Kendrick Bourne spent his first five NFL seasons living like a one-man rock band: Booze. Drugs. Women. Until he finally saw his future with clarity.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Few sports reporters are competent when it comes to reporting in depth about NFL players' interior lives when it comes to matters of faith. But @eric-branch.bsky.social is one of those very few. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
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The rest of the press looks cowardly when it stands there silently while Trump repeatedly insults female reporters.
In less than 2 weeks, Trump has called one female reporter “piggy,” another female reporter “ugly“ and a third female reporter “stupid.”
All decent Americans are disgusted by this.
All decent Americans are disgusted by this.
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The rest of the press looks cowardly when it stands there silently while Trump repeatedly insults female reporters.
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This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
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The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.
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Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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Would love to see y'all at Rikki's on Dec. 10, where myself and my colleagues will talk about the Valkyries season and celebrate the launch of our book documenting their inagural campaign
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Join the Chronicle at Rikki’s to celebrate our new Golden State Valkyries coffee table book
“Valkyries Rising” documents the Golden State Valkyries’ remarkable debut year in the WNBA. Join us Dec. 10 for a launch party and signing event at Rikki’s Women’s Sports Bar.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Would love to see y'all at Rikki's on Dec. 10, where myself and my colleagues will talk about the Valkyries season and celebrate the launch of our book documenting their inagural campaign
www.sfchronicle.com/events/artic...
www.sfchronicle.com/events/artic...
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Since January 2023, the New York Times has cited Rep. Ralph Norman, R-SC, in 78 stories. None mentioned that Norman secretly urged the Trump White House in 2021 to declare martial law – in effect, a military-backed coup. Norman wasn’t charged, but the NYT gave him a “pardon” anyway.
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How the media ‘pardon’ political criminals
News outlets paper over the ugly pasts of right-wing extremists
www.stopthepresses.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Since January 2023, the New York Times has cited Rep. Ralph Norman, R-SC, in 78 stories. None mentioned that Norman secretly urged the Trump White House in 2021 to declare martial law – in effect, a military-backed coup. Norman wasn’t charged, but the NYT gave him a “pardon” anyway.
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Fifty-eight trans people’s lives were needlessly cut short in the last 12 months … and the nyt says criticism of its hate campaign was too much for it to endure.
"Just by existing, just by being yourself, you are making a change."
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, Advocates for Trans Equality put together the Trans Remembrance Project, a digital memorial for those we've lost this last year.
@valorievandieman.bsky.social brings you a look at the memorial.
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, Advocates for Trans Equality put together the Trans Remembrance Project, a digital memorial for those we've lost this last year.
@valorievandieman.bsky.social brings you a look at the memorial.
The Lives We Lost: A Digital Memorial Full of Life and Humanity — Assigned
In the premature deaths of our trans comrades, Advocates for Trans Equality has extracted insights and understanding, both for our community and for the entire country.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Fifty-eight trans people’s lives were needlessly cut short in the last 12 months … and the nyt says criticism of its hate campaign was too much for it to endure.
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As usual, the New York Times headline dialed down Trump’s rhetoric to make it seem slightly less insane than it really was. Trump didn’t just accuse Dems of sedition — he called for their execution.
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
As usual, the New York Times headline dialed down Trump’s rhetoric to make it seem slightly less insane than it really was. Trump didn’t just accuse Dems of sedition — he called for their execution.
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Swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags are fine; as long as they're not displaying Pride flags or rainbow paraphernalia.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags are fine; as long as they're not displaying Pride flags or rainbow paraphernalia.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Much as the Chronicle covered last year in re San Jose St. volleyball, there's nothing organic about this. The activities of activists like Riley Gaines, Harmeet Dhillon & Bill Bock should surprise no one, thought worth noting again how badly the NYT's coverage on this topic has misinformed readers.
This incredible profile of Gaines’ rise is a fantastic read, but more importantly it highlights how when Gaines started getting media attention days after her 200m final there was an entire ecosystem devoted to media training her and supporting her there to assist in her growth. It’s not organic.
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Much as the Chronicle covered last year in re San Jose St. volleyball, there's nothing organic about this. The activities of activists like Riley Gaines, Harmeet Dhillon & Bill Bock should surprise no one, thought worth noting again how badly the NYT's coverage on this topic has misinformed readers.
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#49ers give their temp job to Matt Gay, who has been a disaster from long distance after signing big deals.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#49ers give their temp job to Matt Gay, who has been a disaster from long distance after signing big deals.
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
I am not a big deal online. I am most important in life in the space I inhabit, where the people I care most about live: The physical world, meatspace, where joy is felt, but also anguish and the rest, the world that is not where bots tell how to feel or what.
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I am not a big deal online. I am most important in life in the space I inhabit, where the people I care most about live: The physical world, meatspace, where joy is felt, but also anguish and the rest, the world that is not where bots tell how to feel or what.
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Where is the cancel culture brigade on this?
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Where is the cancel culture brigade on this?
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“We are in the middle of a massive scandal of social and political elites palling around with one of the most infamous child sex traffickers in the world, and this is our political press? No wonder Epstein got away with it all so long”
For my newsletter, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi and the older men who have taken advantage of her her whole life. www.burnsnotice.com/olivia-nuzzi...
Olivia Nuzzi is an Embarrassment to Journalism
She seamlessly landed a plum role at Vanity Fair and got a sweetheart book deal after breaking a fundamental journalistic ethics rule.
When my co-host Christine Grimaldi and I recorded our October 20...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“We are in the middle of a massive scandal of social and political elites palling around with one of the most infamous child sex traffickers in the world, and this is our political press? No wonder Epstein got away with it all so long”
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For my newsletter, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi and the older men who have taken advantage of her her whole life. www.burnsnotice.com/olivia-nuzzi...
Olivia Nuzzi is an Embarrassment to Journalism
She seamlessly landed a plum role at Vanity Fair and got a sweetheart book deal after breaking a fundamental journalistic ethics rule.
When my co-host Christine Grimaldi and I recorded our October 20...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi and the older men who have taken advantage of her her whole life. www.burnsnotice.com/olivia-nuzzi...
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#49ers could be without kicker Eddy Pineiro, linebacker Tatum Bethune for multiple games
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November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#49ers could be without kicker Eddy Pineiro, linebacker Tatum Bethune for multiple games
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
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Come for World Cup soccer, leave before we smash your car window, tear-gas you and zip-tie your children.
Kristi Noem on FIFA tourists: "Then they would go home. And go home in a timely manner."
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Come for World Cup soccer, leave before we smash your car window, tear-gas you and zip-tie your children.
The Project B spiels keep calling its leaders "disruptors" non-ironically, and yet, when I run into the word, all I can hear is Janelle Monae's voice.
a close up of a woman 's face with a netflix logo behind her
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a netflix logo behind her
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November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Project B spiels keep calling its leaders "disruptors" non-ironically, and yet, when I run into the word, all I can hear is Janelle Monae's voice.
Still at least 10 worthies on the ballot, but deciding who will be easier this year.
The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot as announced moments ago by @baseballhall.org (baseballhall.org/news/2026-bb...). Results will be announced Jan. 20th. Game on!
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Still at least 10 worthies on the ballot, but deciding who will be easier this year.
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An investigation from @eric-branch.bsky.social & @noahfurtado.bsky.social: Boxing banned smelling salts. The NFL wanted to as well. One small problem: The players won't to give them up. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
‘It’s a meathead thing’: 49ers players won’t give up smelling salts, even after NFL rule
The NFL prohibited teams from distributing smelling salts this season, citing their potential to mask concussions. That hasn’t stopped San Francisco 49ers players from using them every game day.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An investigation from @eric-branch.bsky.social & @noahfurtado.bsky.social: Boxing banned smelling salts. The NFL wanted to as well. One small problem: The players won't to give them up. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
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Ten years to build a history of the American Revolution, and a portrayal of General Von Steuben that Stonewall pioneer Mark Segal calls “disingenuous and harmful.” epgn.com/2025/11/06/s...
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Ten years to build a history of the American Revolution, and a portrayal of General Von Steuben that Stonewall pioneer Mark Segal calls “disingenuous and harmful.” epgn.com/2025/11/06/s...
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CB Deommodore Lenoir (calf) is active.
#49ers inactives:
DE Clelin Ferrell
WR Jordan Watkins
RB Jordan James
OL Connor Colby
DT Kevin Givens
CB Eli Apple
#49ers inactives:
DE Clelin Ferrell
WR Jordan Watkins
RB Jordan James
OL Connor Colby
DT Kevin Givens
CB Eli Apple
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
CB Deommodore Lenoir (calf) is active.
#49ers inactives:
DE Clelin Ferrell
WR Jordan Watkins
RB Jordan James
OL Connor Colby
DT Kevin Givens
CB Eli Apple
#49ers inactives:
DE Clelin Ferrell
WR Jordan Watkins
RB Jordan James
OL Connor Colby
DT Kevin Givens
CB Eli Apple