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Podcast: Walter Jacobson's Perspective
Episode: Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-24-24: Too much bias in newspaper coverage of Mike Madigan trial
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It’s three days now into the Mike Madigan trial and the headlines are in big print on the front pages of Chicago’s biggest newspapers. In the Tribune, for instance, “The Michael Madigan Trial” alongside a big picture of Madigan, his briefcase and his lawyers leaving the courthouse, what they’re calling racketeering case underway. Competing with a bigger picture in the Sun-Times, a close-up headshot of Mike Madigan along with an even bigger headline screaming that Madigan is accused of running a racket. It’s the Sun-Times and the Tribune hunting for readers. 37 paragraphs in the Tribune’s first trial...