To tell media students to “advocate for emotions, not the facts” is dangerous for society – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
May 2, 2024
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Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss the university student protests erupting across the nation on the Israel/Palestine conflict, why it’s so dangerous for society if the media abandons facts in favor of narratives, why that allows government to spin away the problems like crime and financial crises, why it causes the voting public to become apathetic, and more.
When you hear the complaints from Illinois politicians, remember the hypocrisy: 40,000 bused to Chicago, but 161,562 allowed to fly directly to Florida.
Nearly one year ago, Chicagoans cheered Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s removal from office. In her place was Brandon Johnson, who promised a more inclusive approach to building a “better, stronger, safer Chicago.” It hasn’t turned out that way. Today, there’s little disagreement that Mayor Johnson has disappointed on most key issues. On crime. On policing. On migrants. On education. On governance. Even on foreign affairs.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the problems and costs of the Chicago Bears’ proposed new stadium, why its unlikely to happen in its current form, why the ongoing wave of violent crimes makes residents scared of the city, and why the funeral of slain police officer Luis Huesca matters to Mayor Johnson’s reputation.
If Mayor were serious about reform, she could fix impoverished South Side real estate with a single act: litigation against dishonest (too-high) appraisals of residential properties in over-TIF’ed regions like Harvey. If single family homes were assessed at fair market value by the legal definition of fair market value (a figure which is lower than the Homestead Exemption), the only property-taxpayers left in Harvey to pay for social services required by law and by their own presence would be the TIF properties which cannabslized these neighborhoods in the first place. Oh yeah, and she also wouldn’t have approved the 2… Read more »
Just words. Chicago residents are easy to fool. She has no realistic plan.
We do get a lot of “words” in this state, don’t we?
Whenever there is actually any action, it always seems to be in the direction of hurting businesses, raising taxes and serving some small subset of the population (usually public employee unions).
Watch what they do, not what they say. Hopefully Lightfoot is different. We’ll see, soon enough.