Feder: Looking back on the year in Chicago media
Posted December 24, 2021 12:00 am
A remark by Mark Giangreco at the end of a sports segment on WLS-Channel 7 (“Cheryl can play the ditzy, combative interior decorator,” were his precise words) sounded disrespectful to news anchor Cheryl Burton, who set off enough alarms that what might have been a newsroom squabble turned into a serious corporate matter for the ABC-owned station.
It triggered a process that led to a payout on Giangreco's contract and an early, bitter exit after 27 years as ABC 7's top sports anchor — and one of Chicago TV's all-time greatest.
Read the full story by Robert Feder here.
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