This is public notice for media watchdog groups: It’s officially time to chill.
Sure, you caught Sue Simmons cursing, and protected your children’s blessed ears from hearing repeats of Jane Fonda saying the C-word, but now look what you’ve done.
Allison Payne, a correspondent for Tribune’s Chicago station WGN, was forced to make a public apology this weekend for slurring her speech during last week’s broadcast, after viewers called in complaining that she was drunk on the air, and various media reported the claims.
It would’ve been a legitimate qualm, except:
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If there’s no video posted on YouTube, did it really happen? Okay, miserable question, especially if you’re Chicago’s WLS-Ch. 7 anchor Cheryl Burton, who was one of six people randomly attacked there by one man seemingly on a violence rampage. Running through the streets, he punched one woman and threw her to the ground, then went after a 75-year-old woman and two septuagenarian men, as well as the news anchor. The suspect, described as someone with “mental issues,” is in police custody, and will likely not be able to watch tonight’s news.
In a desperate attempt to gain some attention, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern is considering renaming itself.
John Lavine, Dean of the school, said, “We’re really exploring what the name should be, could be, what people think about it.”
When we think of the Medill School, here???s what comes to mind:
• The I Spent $160,000 and I still Can???t Get a Job School of Journalism.
• The Hoping For Some Short Term Publicity School of Journalism
• The Nicole Lapin (from CNN) Went Here School of Journalism
• The Suburban Chicago Media Scene School of Journalism
Hey, all those names are catchier than “Integrated Marketing Communications,” which is an actual contender.