I feel compelled to wade into this Coonrod pie fight in my mentions. Not for me to say whether he was right or wrong. But I can say categorically that fringe elements have done a good job convincing people that the Black Lives Matter organization and movement ...

.... are one and the same. They& #39;re not. The people pushing this point are cynically carrying out an agenda they know their supporters will eat up. I wanted to offer this point: On June 3, we at Hearst got a letter from our president, Steven R. Swartz, decrying the "senseless ...

... and brutal" killing of George Floyd and stated the company& #39;s commitment to fight for social justice for Black people. To that end they invited us to donate to one of four groups, with matching funds from the company, which would make its own separate ...

.... donations. None was the Black Lives Matter organization, which itself has grown beyond the words of its founders. The Hearst-backed organizations are the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, the LGBTQ Freedom Fund, Color of Change and the Equal Justice Initiative, all

... recommended by an affinity group within our company called Hearst Black Culture. People need to educate themselves. I believe that within the #SFGiants https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> clubhouse some will try make these points to Coonrod. What he chooses to do with the information is up to him. My job ...

... as a beat writer is to monitor the clubhouse and the effects of a potential rift that could be formed. Whether Coonrod stands, sits or kneels is otherwise of no concern to me.