“This new Medill Illinois News Bureau is intended to help strengthen coverage of state government at a time when the Statehouse press corps has been depleted and after most newspapers have closed their Springfield bureaus,” said Medill Dean Charles Whitaker.
It scares me, too. Capital News Illinois has been great — just the facts with no political spin. I hope it maintains that and I don’t trust Medill to do so.
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Medill has no credibility as a news bureau. It is an extreme leftist propaganda outlet. End of story.
It scares me, too. Capital News Illinois has been great — just the facts with no political spin. I hope it maintains that and I don’t trust Medill to do so.