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When it doesn't contain journalism. And that's the line the Daily Herald's parent company just blurred—much to its leaders' apparent regret.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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A newspaper ceases to be a newspaper when it gives up on actual journalism, resorting instead to groupthink regurgitation of DNC talking points and Hollywood press releases.
See: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s, New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times,…
The WaPo won Pulitzer Prizes for its fake stories about Russian Collusion. They have not returned them.
Chicago journalism is dead.
One Of Chicago’s Leading Sources For Fake News Fraud — Crain’s Chicago Business — Chicago’s Anti-Business Business-Newspaper — Which Operates 100 Pct Of The Time As The House Organ For Illinois Democrats — And The Crooked/Corrupt Unions That Fund The Illinois Democrat Party — Says Conservative Viewpoint Newspapers Should Be Shut Down
I received some of those and found them to be just as, if not more factual, than the Chicago Tribune or Crains’ soft, fluffy, feelings based narratives. Facts about crime and corruption are real news.
When it prints the truth
Ok. So the New York Times, Washington Post, and LA Times– with all their non journalistic trash and distortions, don’t warrant a rebuke?