In my many years of living in the Chicago area, the best political reporter I've seen is Mike Flannery, who reported on the blow-by-blow machinations of Illinois politicians for 30 years on CBS 2 Chicago.Two months ago, Flannery switched to Fox 32.
He's already being missed. Here's what CBS 2 reporter Ed Marshall told Mark Kirk recently.
Channel 2 has made the decision we're really not going to cover the [Illinois] Senate race if it consistently only, on your terms, is about Broadway Bank.
Alexi's been pilloried.
Well, boo hoo hoo for Alexi. The then-30 year-old Giannoulias used his stint at Broadway as his sole qualification to serve as Illinois treasurer in 2006.
It's a legitimate issue, and Kirk of late has been focusing on the economy, including a plan to turn around economically-depressed Rockford, so it's unfair to say that it's "All Broadway, all the time" for the Republican Senate candidate.
Oh, the photograph. Channel 2 thought enough of the Broadway Bank story to station its van--I took the photo--in front of its North Side headquarters on the afternoon the bank collapsed. I guess Broadway Bank is an important story. Six other banks were closed that day in Illinois--did CBS 2 send reporters to cover those financial failures?
Related post:
Mark Kirk's agenda for Rockford
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2 comments:
Maybe CBS got a loan from "Alexi".
I know Flannery better than you and I can assure everyone that he would have rocked Mark Kirk off of center and made him respond to other issues. That's called responsible reporting.
And another thing--Ed Marshall is the former flack for Loleta Didrickson, a Republican. Go find the Chicago way conspiracy if you can.
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