Today’s quotable
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Jim Dey…
The Chicago-based Franklin News Foundation, sometimes characterized as ideological by its critics, oversees the Illinois Radio Network and The Center Square reporting service. Both entities act as traditional news outlets, a status that puts them on equal footing with more established news outlets like The Chicago Tribune.
- Sonny - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:39 am:
Yeah no.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:43 am:
If The Onion and Wikipedia merged you’d find this ridiculousness in the “alternative facts” portion of recognizing “media outlets”
Until facts and honesty to facts, figures, and policy are recognized as the political propaganda that those two “outlets” push, they are no different then those who make up news then find a way to disguise the falsehoods.
It’s cute, I’ll say that.
- good luck - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:44 am:
https://media.giphy.com/media/UqSRKTUpNfMHp3me35/giphy.gif
- Putinsky - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:45 am:
The Franklin News Foundation is not nearly as legitimate a news source as Pravda.
- Anyone Remember - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:46 am:
==Both entities ‘act’ as traditional news outlets … .=
Using that word rather loosely …
- Streamwood Retiree - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:48 am:
Oswego Willy, does that not indeed put them on an equal footing with the Chicago Tribune.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:52 am:
===does that not indeed put them on an equal footing with the Chicago Tribune.===
The Editorial Board, sure.
If you wanna disparage some incredible reporters and writers like Ray Long or Rick Pearson and the nearly dozen of folks who cover city hall, the state, governing, that’s quite lazy and exactly like Statehouse Chick and Kass who seemingly don’t read the newspaper but try to bring victimhood to relevance or phony narratives to a discussion.
How’s that?
- filmmaker prof - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:54 am:
Jim Dey: the John Kass of Champaign-Urbana. Now the rest of you know.
- Drake Mallard - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 10:56 am:
Yes, today is 4/20 so this just fits right in.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 11:24 am:
“the IPI also is a free-market think tank that promotes policy solutions frequently described as conservative.”
LOl, some of their policy solutions (like on pensions) are frequently described as illegal by the ISC.
- Watcher of the Skies - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 11:38 am:
I personally place Capitol Fax on equal footing with the Washington Post.
- Streamwood Retiree - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 11:39 am:
==How’s that? ==
Fair enough. I must confess that I’m biased by my father’s story of nearly a hundred year’s now of Trib bias against blue collar workers.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 11:42 am:
=== Washington Post===
… winner of 69 Pulitzer Prizes, forced the resignation of a sitting President.
I know, I know, your mouth breathing is that “Amazon-Bezos” drivel my in law uncle married to my favorite aunt peddles while touting Qanon, OAN and Sean Hannity.
On zoom he’s muted, he just doesn’t realize it.
:)
- Watcher of the Skies - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 11:51 am:
===… winner of 69 Pulitzer Prizes, forced the resignation of a sitting President.===
I’m sad that I have to explain this:
I wasn’t taking a shot at the Post, I was jokingly complimenting Rich.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 12:02 pm:
=== I’m sad that===
… my drive by needed more explanation.
Meh, it happens. Don’t be sad.
lol
- Keyrock - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 12:06 pm:
A 4/20 story, or is it left over from April 1?
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 12:12 pm:
MrJM acts as cultural and political commentator, a status that puts him on equal footing with more established pseudonymous writers like Mark Twain and Voltaire.
Did I do that right?
– MrJM
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 12:21 pm:
“[Does] that not indeed put them on an equal footing with the Chicago Tribune”
The Illinois Radio Network and The Center Square aren’t fit to hold the door for the likes of Megan Crepeau.
– MrJM
- Norseman - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 12:34 pm:
This one needs a laugh track.
- Watcher of the Skies - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 12:44 pm:
But hey, I’d put the Trib editorial board right there with these bozos.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 12:55 pm:
=Did I do that right?=
Well, you are a heck of a lot closer to Voltaire than IPI is to any legit news.
- John Gregory (ex-IRN) - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 1:03 pm:
The phrase “sometimes characterized” is doing a lot of work there.
- Thomas Paine - Tuesday, Apr 20, 21 @ 1:17 pm:
The Chicago-based Franklin News Foundation, sometimes characterized as ideological by anyone who can read, oversees the Illinois Radio Network and The Center Square reporting service. Both entities act as traditional news outlets, a status that puts them on equal footing with more established news outlets like The Champaign News-Gazette.
Fixed it for ya.
These outlets really harken back to an era where controlling the media to advance your partisan interests was all done out in the open.