Feder: NPR reports Tribune payment over Ferro's slur

A bombshell report Wednesday claimed Michael Ferro, the former chairman of Tribune Publishing, was heard making an anti-Semitic slur to a gathering of company executives, Robert Feder writes.

NPR reported that Ferro was caught on tape referring to California billionaire Eli Broad as part of a "Jewish cabal" that ran Los Angeles.

NPR's David Folkenflik reported that Tribune Publishing made secret payments of more than $2.5 million to keep a former publisher and editor of the Los Angeles Times from disclosing Ferro's comments.

Get the full report, and more Chicago media news, at robertfeder.com.