According to this story, and you can hear it yourself on the audio, CBS News of Chicago is not going to cover some aspects of the GOP Senate Candidate. Specifically the Democratic Candidate was the senior loan executive at his families bank, which failed and was taken over by the FDIC, and which has been linked to 'lending' money to known mobsters. The CBS News station does not want to cover any news about this issue. Fair and Balanced 
AUDIO: Chicago Chicago Affiliate Won’t Cover GOP Senate Candidate if He Continues to Hammer Dem Opponent on Bank Scandal
Posted by Larry O'Connor May 5th 2010 at 12:49 pm in media bias | Comments (88)
Reporting on politics, “The Chicago Way.”
http://bigjournalism.com/sright/201...inues-to-hammer-dem-opponent-on-bank-scandal/
The Illinois Senate race is shaping up to be a high-profile and influential campaign that will have national implications. Not only because Illinois is the most populated state in the mid-west, but also because the seat up for grabs is President Obama’s former seat. If Republican candidate Rep. Mark Kirk, were to win the seat it would be seen as an enormous PR loss for the White House.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXVwRWzuRcQ&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- Chicago CBS 2 Wont Cover Senate Campaign if GOP Candidate Continues to be Effective[/ame]
The Democratic nominee, Alexi Giannoulias has been under fire because of the failiure of Broadway Bank and his direct connection to it. Believe it or not, there are suspicions of corruption, incompetence and graft with regard to a Democrat in Chicago. Go figure!
Obviously, this is such a damaging story for Giannoulias that Rep. Kirk has been able to gain some serious traction in the race by continuing to focus on the issue. That’s what a politician does when engaged in a tough campaign (Sen. John McCain’s Presidential campaign notwithstanding).
Now we have the spectacle of one of the major local stations in Chicago threatening not to cover the campaign if the Republican continues to discuss the most damaging aspect of his opponent’s record. Is this the role of an FCC licensed station, entrusted with the role of serving the public interest in relation to a free-flow of information for the citizenry? Maybe in Chicago it is.
Hear the entire segment from Chicago’s WLS-AM 890 Don Wade and Roma Show.
Posted by Larry O'Connor May 5th 2010 at 12:49 pm in media bias | Comments (88)
Reporting on politics, “The Chicago Way.”
http://bigjournalism.com/sright/201...inues-to-hammer-dem-opponent-on-bank-scandal/
The Illinois Senate race is shaping up to be a high-profile and influential campaign that will have national implications. Not only because Illinois is the most populated state in the mid-west, but also because the seat up for grabs is President Obama’s former seat. If Republican candidate Rep. Mark Kirk, were to win the seat it would be seen as an enormous PR loss for the White House.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXVwRWzuRcQ&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- Chicago CBS 2 Wont Cover Senate Campaign if GOP Candidate Continues to be Effective[/ame]
The Democratic nominee, Alexi Giannoulias has been under fire because of the failiure of Broadway Bank and his direct connection to it. Believe it or not, there are suspicions of corruption, incompetence and graft with regard to a Democrat in Chicago. Go figure!
Obviously, this is such a damaging story for Giannoulias that Rep. Kirk has been able to gain some serious traction in the race by continuing to focus on the issue. That’s what a politician does when engaged in a tough campaign (Sen. John McCain’s Presidential campaign notwithstanding).
Now we have the spectacle of one of the major local stations in Chicago threatening not to cover the campaign if the Republican continues to discuss the most damaging aspect of his opponent’s record. Is this the role of an FCC licensed station, entrusted with the role of serving the public interest in relation to a free-flow of information for the citizenry? Maybe in Chicago it is.
REPORTER: Channel 2’s made a decision. We’re really not going to cover the Senate race, if it’s consistently only in your terms, is about Broadway Bank. The bank’s been taken over by the government, Alexi’s been pilloried. Tell me, what is your campaign going forward? What are the issues you are going to tell the voters why they should vote for you?
Hear the entire segment from Chicago’s WLS-AM 890 Don Wade and Roma Show.