By Steve Rhodes
“Chicago’s five mayoral candidates are set to answer questions as a group for the first time Tuesday morning at the Chicago Tribune editorial board’s endorsement session,” the paper reports.
Only one of the candidates has a chummy relationship with the editorial page editor.
Will the challengers get a Trib Nation event of their own before Election Day?
Maybe the Better Government Association should call for better media coverage of governing. Oops.
See also: The Beachwood Radio Hour #38: Lessons In Chicago Crime, Politics & Media.
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DOLD: Hi Rahm, good to see you again!
RAHM: You too, Bruce.
DOLD: And you are?
_____: Bob Fioretti. Nice to meet you.
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“And which one of you nice gentlemen is Dock Walls?”
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“The 10 a.m. session will be live streamed at chicagotribune.com and WGNtv.com,” the Trib notes.
I’ll be tweeting the debate in lieu of a column today, so follow along there.
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Few remember Ernie Banks’ other saying: Let’s vote twice! #chicago
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 27, 2015
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Charlie Hedbo survivor “very happy [Obama] didn’t come to the march in Paris”- his actions are “an absolute scandal” http://t.co/SKRvNEGBhO
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 26, 2015
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Not much happening in the world today, so the Pentagon is spending time on essay contests “to Honor Saudi King” http://t.co/YPeLTKnp6r
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) January 26, 2015
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WSJ headline: “US Drone Strike Kills Two Suspected Militants in Yemen” sub-headline: “12-Year-Old Boy Also Killed” http://t.co/mvrqxWl6Ti
— Micah Zenko (@MicahZenko) January 26, 2015
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Posted on January 27, 2015