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Media Enables Narrative Of Fear

Either way, in or out, the little person is getting fucked hard by someone.

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Posted on June 23, 2016

Senn TV

From Studio 346

Senn TV is one of the bright spots of the Chicago Public Schools highlighted as part of the #notaprison hashtag campaign – a response to Gov. Bruce Rauner saying some Chicago public schools were “almost crumbling prisons.”
“Senn High School will be launching a new TV news show this month where Journalism students will work every day to inform their peers about events in and outside the school,” Senn sophomore Maricela Machuca reports for the Senn Times.
“The idea came from Michael Cullinane, Senn’s lead journalism teacher, and Mary Beck the school’s principal.
“TVs will be set up in the cafeteria that will display the show, and it will replace the morning announcements the last 7-8 mins of first period. The students will also be airing a new episode daily. The equipment was funded by Loyola’s grant from the McCormick Foundation. The organization grants money to journalism programs all around Chicago at different high schools.
“Cullinane wants to make Senn TV a show where everyone can feel comfortable and informed. He also wants to bring all of these stories to life, as engaging the students is essential to him.”
Here are the first two episodes:

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Posted on June 9, 2016

CPD Hires R. Kelly Media Pal

By Steve Rhodes

Former Fox Chicago News anchor Robin Robinson has apparently been hired by the Chicago Police Department.


That would be this Robin Robinson:
“News staffers at Chicago Fox affiliate WFLD-TV were told in a memo to ‘take particular care in our reporting of R. Kelly’ so the station could get ‘exclusive access’ to the R&B star, who is awaiting trial on 21 child pornograhy charges in Chicago. The memo states: ‘When referring to the alleged victim . . . do not specify an age . . . she is simply underaged. Do not use video of him in orange jumpsuit . . . unless specifically referring to his arrest [last June] in Florida.” A WFLD veep tells Robert Feder the memo was written by an executive producer after being pressured by news anchor Robin Robinson, who is a Kelly pal.”

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Posted on June 7, 2016