WTTW's community advisory board used its most recent annual report to express concerns over changes with "Chicago Tonight" as well as communication issues with management. In the report, which was released on Dec. 19, the 26-member board stated concerns after "observing over the past year the work of the News Department, in general, and the presentation of 'Chicago Tonight,' in particular."
Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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The last WTTW public meeting report in December 2021 is filled with DEI garbage. It likely has gotten much worse in the two years of secrecy since then. Taxpayer money has no place with NPR, Public Radio or Public TV. Democrat Propaganda doesn’t need to be funded by the taxpayers especially since public broadcasting hates half of the population.
I see that WTTW has not posted these advisory board reports for several years:https://interactive.wttw.com/about/community-advisory-board/meeting-reports
Are their ratings/subscriptions tanking? On the other hand, from a couple days ago, this ST article has ST Executive Editor J Kho writing that things are going DEI swimmingly, subscriptions are up, at ST-WBEZ new Chicago Public Media non-profit partnership. I guess WTTW is not part of ST-WBEZ Chicago Public Media non-profit partnership?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/28/24000102/sun-times-top-stories-2023-community-listening-readers-plans-2024