‘KILL THIS AWFUL DEAL.’ Chicago Tribune columnist Robert Reed says he’s rarely seen public outcry against a merger as strong as that unfolding against the acquisition of WGN-TV and Radio owner (now a separate company) Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
■ Mother Jones reporter Andy Kroll explores Sinclair’s brand of “terrorism alerts, right-wing commentary and ‘classic propaganda’”— and shares a “strange email exchange” in which Sinclair’s “pro-Trump founder” reveals his contempt for journalism.
■ Columnist Mark Oppenheimer: Why does the public hate the news media?
■ The New York Times uses a new “investigative video reporting” technique to stitch together what happened at the Las Vegas massacre, minute by minute and (smartphone) pixel by pixel.
‘IT LOOKS LIKE A MALE LEGISLATOR … ASKING A FEMALE STAFFER OUT TO DINNER … THEN PROCEEDING TO … ASK IF SHE’S SINGLE.’ An online open letter spells out scenarios of sexual harassment in Springfield and directs women to a petition that at least one female legislator has signed.
■ The owner of award-winning Chicago restaurants has fired an executive chef and a general manager after a “personal” and “inappropriate” photo of a female employee was shared among staff without her permission.
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■ The Daily Show compares Fox News’ coverage of harassment by Weinstein and by its own disgraced employee, Bill O’Reilly.
‘THE IMAGE OF A CHICAGO POLITICIAN WITH A PILE OF CASH WOULDN’T SIT WELL.’ But Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown reports his roommate on his trip to Hurricane Maria-ravaged Puerto Rico, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, put donated funds “to good use many times over.”
■ A survivor living without electricity for a month and a half: “It’s like going back in time.”
SEARS: NO BUCKS TO WHIRLPOOL. Whirlpool appliances—including Maytag, KitchenAid and Jenn-Air—are on the way out at Sears.
■ The often skeptical Tribune editorial board calls the state’s bid to lure Amazon’s new HQ “sensible.”
■ Your governor on a Harley. (Sun-Times screen grab of a Rauner campaign commercial.)
CAUGHT ABUSING KIDS OR STEALING? NO PROBLEM. The Chicago Public Schools’ inspector general reports 163 ex-schools employees permanently banned from district jobs later landed jobs with the city’s privately managed charter and contract schools.
■ The Sun-Times: Schools CEO Forrest Claypool is asking to spend up to $28 million on consultants—even though the district’s broke.
■ Northern Illinois University is ending higher tuition charges for out-of-state students.
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ANNE FRANK’S DIARY. A passage from it will be read at all Italian soccer matches this week—reaction to antisemitism among the fans.
■ USA Today: Around the world, Trump-like leaders are on the rise.
WAIT UNTIL NEXT FOO. The Foo Fighters are returning to Wrigley Field in July.
■ Roger Adler, the Chicago-area guitarist who jammed with Bill Murray in the 1993 classic Groundhog Day, is dead at 63.
