Media
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Daily Herald will drop the Dilbert comic strip after Sunday after creator's racist rantFeb 25, 2023 12:00 am - The Daily Herald is joining newspapers across the nation in removing the "Dilbert" comic strip from their comics pages. As The Associated Press and Washington Post repor...
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O'Donnell: A new Robert Reich video suggests slow brakes on any tax money for the BearsFeb 19, 2023 5:00 am - WHILE IT WOULD BE REFRESHING to take a short weekend break from the mounting drama over the possible move of the Bears to Arlington Park, that sanctuary doesn't come eas...
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Study shows 'striking' number who believe news misinforms
Feb 15, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Half of Americans in a recent survey indicated they believe national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform or persuade the public to adopt a particu...
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Super Bowl ads use celebrities, humor, lots of dogsFeb 12, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Advertisers bet big that viewers were turning to the Super Bowl for a comforting escape, and delivered a series of advertisements that relied on familiar cele...
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O'Donnell: Cubs, Bears, Sox - where didn't Andy McKenna leave his mark?Feb 08, 2023 12:00 am - IN THE IMMEDIATE MOMENTS after Harry Caray called his inaugural game at Wrigley Field as a Cubs play-by-play man, he wanted to see only one man. And it wasn't Milo Hamil...
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National Enquirer, caught in 'catch-and-kill' scandal, sold
Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - The National Enquirer, the scandal-plagued tabloid that engaged in "catch-and-kill" practices to bury stories about Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, has be...
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Former longtime WGN anchor and suburban radio host Jack Taylor dies at 94Feb 05, 2023 11:15 pm - Jack Taylor, a TV news anchor in Chicago for more than 20 years who helped put WGN-TV near the top of the 10 p.m. news ratings in the 1970s, died of heart failure over t...
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Jim O'Donnell: Both "The Score" and AM-1000 remain lost in spaceFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - TAKE ONE FLOUNDERING CAPTIVE SPORTS CITY and mix in two feeble sports talk radio stations and what's the result? Like Billy Preston once sang, "Nothin' from nothin' leav...
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Jim O'Donnell: Amid the softballs, Ryan Poles faced nary a query about the lost impact of Roquan SmithJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - IF BEARS MANAGEMENT EVER HAS TO fill out a loan application to complete the purchase of the Arlington Park land, there's one asset that should be high up on any list. Th...
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O'Donnell: Foley and Olczyk - Nick Olczyk - will call NHL Winter Classic on radioDec 21, 2022 12:00 am - SOME STILL CALL IT West Madison Street. Others use the more apropos "Bleak-Hawk Boulevard." The Chicago season is a sloth parade that gives rebuilds a bad name. The orga...