he was the publisher of the "chicago tribune." referred to franklin roosevelt as a dictator with regularity. when martin luther king died, he said he had it coming because he told people they did not have to follow the law. "the chicago tribune" was as powerful as fox news. it was the newspaper of the midwest. it was the "new york times" of massive parts of the united states. so, it was always the reactionary publishers reacting in the interests of the 1% and i think that it's easy to forget how -- you know, how to create political power in the country. >> the last quick question in the back. yes, sir. >> gary gurstolh. i think this is for jackson and michael. maybe for rick and alan, too. both of you spend a lot of time every week editing a small journal. i wanted you to reflect on that in american journalism. the role of small journals has had a long and distinguished career in american journalism. the concept is the big mainstream institutions. over the course of history, small journals have had a big role to play. i would like

and tomorrow's edition of the chicago tribune.year voters in illinois can vote by mail first apply for male and ballett county clerk or municipal election officials chicago applications can be obtained at office or by calling and received a ballot in the mail postmarked no later than march 19th primary in illinois group of students direct link to afghanistan skype with army sergeant sgt. justin craggs finally met him face to face today >> finding out what he goes through all conditions to goes through other people out there supportive all you do well hope they do not know me keeping tabs visiting middle school to share experiences as a united states transportation and logistics specialist and afghanistan soldier caught up in chicago area back to afghanistan stateside this is up math teacher helped make the connection students to learn more about the loan coming up chicago auto show first look at what is inside opened to the public later in sports and derrick rose but the only chicago bull making his way to orlando for the all-star

online now chicago tribune.o republican colleagues against each other representative randy ramey challenging incumbent carol pankau for the 23rd district state senate seat. casino expansion area of disagreement randy ramey carol pankau squared off on the subject on politics tonight >> i find this very strange my opponent favors a chicago casino when it will be run by the state of chicago a very very strange and very very ripe for corruption >> talking with the hotel motel business entertainment business they see a lot of people getting onto a bus going to a casino indiana wisconsin and iowa passing revenue leaving the city >> 23rd state senate district covers most of the northern dupage county carol pankau state senator 23rd district case of modern day high end horse rustling stolen from foreign debt far northwest suburban stable speaking to the owner >> spring grove tonight liberty beyond cut silk and iris are missing and the owner thought it found her horses only to have her hopes dashed down about 7:00 this m

times" and "the chicago tribune" worked that side of the street. and beginning in 1946 he first runs for congress. the fellow that he had a blessing for was kyle fulmer who was the political director of "the l.a. times" and the joke about the "l.a. times" during this period of time was "the l.a. times" was not the mouthpiece for the republican party. the republican party was the mouthpiece for "the l.a. times." and he had a lot of -- from kyle fulmer. and he had a relationship with richard nixon. the alhambra newspaper describes fulmer's help as a symphony conductor. he certainly did a lot of behind-the-scenes kind of work on nixon's behalf, helped him get elected in 1946. when it came to 1950 when he ran against helen douglas, "the l.a. times" was very squarely in richard nixon's corner and worked very hard to get him elected. when he gets to the -- during the alger hiss case, and by the way, at this point, nixon, it looked like, was enjoying some fairly decent press coverage and, in fact, as he begins the hiss -- alger hiss investigation, the fel

times" and "chicago tribune" worked that side of the street. it began in 1946, he first runs for congress. the fellow he had a busing from is kyle palmer, the political editor of "the l.a. times." the joke about "the l.a. times" during this period of time was that "the l.a. times" was not the mouthpiece for the republican party. the republican party was the mouthpiece for "the l.a. times." he had a lot of help from kyle palmer. herb klein, who had a lifelong association with richard nixon, covered that 1946 race. describes kyle palmer's work as a symphony conductor. go back on the record, palmer didn't do a lot of writing on that particular race. but he certainly did a lot of behind the scenes kind of work on nixon's behalf, helped him get elected in 1946. when it came to 1950 when he ran against helen douglas, once again "the l.a. times" was very squarely in richard nixon's corner and worked very hard to get him elected. during the alger hiss case -- by the way, nixon was enjoying some fairly decent press coverage. in fact, as he begins the hi

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wgn chicago tribune poll looking at what voters think of the national debate increasing taxes for the services chicagotribune.com political reporter rick pearson is breaking this down. pretty even for obama and the others for republicans. >> first whether you think federal income-tax code favors the wealthy the middle income or low income and the results were the high income people 59% of the voters think the high income is favored at 8% middle income and low income 17%. president playing this out. the issue of fairness and the tax code another issue the president has talked about. whether the wealthy should pay more. the warren buffet rule as it is called anyone making more than $1 million a year should pay at least 30 percent income-tax rate. score for obama. you have a really strong majorities in all demographic areas even those making over $100,000 a year support the idea of paying more. >> the next questions you asked me the favor the republican side of things? >> when you start asking and digging deeper federal tax increase necessary to reduce the federal deficit? president toda

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he quotes a letter from a "chicago tribune" correspondent, willis edwards saying, look, mr. vice president, i'm really embarrassed to be a reporter at this point because these guys are trying to nail you. nixon doesn't quite sign on to this. i think the big turning point for him was the 1962 gubernatorial race here in california. this is where a couple things happened. the nature of the "l.a. times" which helped create him in the late 1940s and 1950s had undergone a total transformation. brand-new publisher, otis chandler of the chandler family takes over. in 1960 chandler thought at this point we are not going to be a mouthpiece for the republican party. we're not automatically going to nail democrats. we're going to cover things fairly. apparently richard nixon didn't get the otis chandler memo. and was what surprised when the "l.a. times" started covering him in a somewhat critical fashion. if you look back at his -- the 1970s memoir, what really annoyed him was he had to answer two questions repeatedly in every part of the campaign trail which is, number one, are you a b

in closing i would like to quote from a chicago tribune, keystone should be approved. it's a good project. it will give us energy and give us jobs. you want stimulus, this is it. this is a $7 billion project to be done with private dollars, taxpayer dollars will not be used. president obama made a decision that we think is the wrong decisioni decision, and with that, does anyone seek recognition for 1:48? no i'll recognize you later. i yield the balance of my time to you. >> i thank the gentlemen for yielding. i appreciate his comments i was just reviewing the testimony by, i believe it's mr. poole from the bureau of land management. i find it interesting how much our government rules and regulations come into play here for so little land. he said in his testimony, the total permanent right of way on public lands for the keystone project would be approximately 50 feet wide and be a total of 2 ownersh 70 acres. you think how minor a role the federal government is playing in terms of this land, and they have issued their approval. final biological assessment has been iss

"the chicago tribune" questioned the very concept of what they called absolute freedom of the press because in society speech is always limited by prevailing conditions. until the war is over, we must be content to accept the altered continues of the times and the country may demand as a requisite for national salvation. calling "the daily news" that most pestulant, they declared every newspaper approved of sessation. "the times" henry raymond was surprised, as he put it, only that the administration has so long foreborn to defend itself against fa nat cal crusade of the papers published in loyal states. in states where no such loyalty reined, lincoln got 53% of the vote in new york and only 2% or. % in maryland. the sue expressibpoena regs was draconian. lincoln ordered the military before bull run to arrest and detain without resort to the ordinary processes and forms of law such individuals as might be deemed to the public safety. that sounds ambiguous and threatening phraseology. but it certainly included the press. when the baltimore exchange editorialalized a war of the south, but the

the "chicago tribune" questioned the concept of what they called absolute freedom of the press because in society, speech is always limited by prevailing conditions. until the war is over, we must be content to accept whatever the altered conditions of the times and the country may demand as a requisite for national salvation. calling "the daily news" even a democratic party, the "new york world" at the time declared every newspaper that approved of secession should be regarded as the accomplices of treason. this by and large they were. "the times'" henry raymond was surprised only that had the administration has so long forborne to defend itself against the secession papers published in loyal states. in states where no such loyalty reigned, lincoln got 53% of the vote. the see presentation was even more draconian. rejecting what he called extreme tenderness of the citizens' liberty that would relieve more of the guilty than the innocent, lincoln had even ordered the military even before bull run to arrest and detain without resort to the ordinary processes and forms of law. such indiv

when they opened the ballot boxes and counted the ballots, and the chicago tribune was recording all this of course, what you found was that the vote totals on the tally sheets bore really no relationship at all to what was inside the ballot boxes. and the number of vots would be off by sometimes ten votes, sometimes 30 votes, occasionally 100 votes. it was pret consistent precinct by precinct. had it been random error you would find some where the error went towards nixon rather than kennedy. this adds up to thousands of ballots. it's not enough to add up to the 8,800 vote margin kennedy won by illinois by. there were republican counties downstate which is to say outside cook county where republicans probably did steal ballots, although i have always thought there were probably a lot of democratic ballots stolen in east st. louis where republicans didn't have poll watchers. in cook county they had poll watchers and in those precincts there was much less of an issue. both sides were stealing in illinois but the democrats had more opportunity because of the fact that they controlled t

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nonunion school administrators and staffers were ordered to take unpaid days off last year the chicago tribune reports that amid the confusion of the school system changing ceos about 400 employees never took their days off. the indian prairie school district may have to lay off more than a hundred staffers to close and $9 million budget gap next fall the district includes parts of naperville and are enrollment is about 30,000 students the school board there to no final action at its meeting yesterday the number of registered voters in chicago is at its lowest level since 1942 the chicago board of election commissioner says that they're about 30,000 less voters today than the city had four years ago february 21st is the date deadline to register for this year's march primary voters can register at the board offices any state driver's license to sell asfacility or by mail >>coming up next adnan the new accusations of sexual abuse being leveled against jerry sandouou're like my patients you want to hear you've done a good job. that's why i recommend a rinse like crest pro-health multi-protection

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firing the last three shots as farmer was on the ground helpless and unarmed mccarthy told the chicago tribune that ciara should have been pulled off the street after he was involved in two previous shootings the girlfriend of flint farmer is suing the police department and once mccarty to explain that remark in a deposition >>and some boat owners will have their boats temporarily relocated within nato and g-8 summits come to chicago this spring. the secret service as a terrorist could use a boat to plant a bomb or launch a grenade toward mccormick place with a summits will be held. the head of the secret service offices that pleasure boats that are normally docked at burnham harbor will be moved to no cost to owners >>chicago aldermen george kerr dennis is producing and proposal for a tax on sugary beverages one-third of u.s. children are are overweight or obese and studies show that it's partly because of too many sugary drinks are being consumed ... better education on exercise and nutrition is preferred by many of overtaxes >>next in the noon hour and workplace disputes between to immigrat

pronounced dead at the university of chicago comer children's hospital it police source tells the chicago tribunehat investigators believe that his 15 year-old brother were showing him the gunman had accidently discharged the children's mother does not now hoursknow how her son got hold of a gun >>police recovered the gun that was thrown out of a window damion rolle was the youngest of this woman's three sons all three of her sons have autism ... the death of a boy who fell 46 stories has been ruled an accident by a medical examiner 16 year-old charlie manley had autism and down syndrome and his body was later found in the building's trash compactors an autopsy found that he died of multiple injuries from falling 46 floors to the trash chute investigators are still trying to figure how he got inside of that trash chute. for more bodies have been found aboard the cruise ship that ran aground and partially sank off the coast of italy last month's offshore italian authorities say two of those bodies discovered in the shipwrecked costa concordia are those of a woman and a little girl the number now c

the probe involves the community and economic development association of cook county the chicago tribune reports that the group is accused of using shoddy and sometimes dangerous work performed by the group's contractors much of the work was paid for with federal stimulus dollars to insulate and weatherize low-income homes and attorney for the group had no comment on that investigation >>michael jordan said that he is filing a lawsuit against a chinese company protect his good name jordan filed a lawsuit this week in china he claims that a sportswear company is using his no. 23 from his jersey and a chinese translation for his last name jordan without his permission he claims that the company and tried to use the names of his children the company has not commented on the lawsuit >>google is making changes to protect privacy while on the internet it's getting a do not track button bloomberg news reports that google has agreed to embed the button and its browser to allow users to restrict the amount of data collected on them either internet firms during the same thing is part of the propos

or the ballot boxes, not the machines, opened the ballot boxes and counted the ballots, "the chicago tribune" was reporting all of this. what you found was that the vote totals on the tally sheets bore really no relationship at all to what was inside the ballot boxes. and, you know, the number of votes would be off by sometimes ten votes. sometimes 30 votes. occasionally 100 votes. it was pretty consistent precinct for precinct. it was not that you had -- had it been random error, you would find some precincts where the error went toward nixon rather than always toward kennedy. this adds up to thousands of ballots overall. now, it's not enough to add up to the 8,800-vote margin that kennedy won illinois by. and, of course, there were republican counties downstate which is to say outside cook county where republicans probably did steal ballots. although i've always thought there were probably a lot of democratic ballots stolen in east st. louis where the republicans didn't have any poll watchers. in cook county, the republicans did have poll watchers in quite a few precincts. and in those pre

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. >> the "chicago tribune" says greg palast is what a reporter should be, tenacious, adopted by power his stories are so relevant they threaten to alter history. greg palast is the author of two "new york times" bestsellers as terry just mentioned, madhouse and best democracy money can buy. and brittany is called a top investigative reporter of our time. greg palast is best known in the u.s. for discovering how the 2000 election katherine harris and jeb loesh remove tens of thousands of african-american citizens from voter rolls calling them felons and thereby stealing the election for george bush. but in britain the economist is best known for financial investigations of enron. pat robertson and others. before he was an investigative reporter he was one of the top investigators of fraud and racketeering. the baltimore chronicle wrote, as terry said, no one has investigated the bush family like greg palast and lived to tell about it. spam look to tell about. that is a book and you are getting your book tonight. we are so thankful you're your joining us tonight with vfp fw. when you st

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also joining me, clarence page, a pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the "chicago tribune." thanks to both of you for being here. >> thank you. >> now let me start with you, congresswoman. separating church and state has worked for the past 200 years. why is it such an issue in the gop primary now? >> well, i don't know what rick santorum is thinking about because clearly he is out of the mainstream. he is hypocrital and he's also just plain wrong when it comes to his facts when he talks about college, for example. but, you know if he wants to talk about religion, al, let's talk about the values in every major religion in the world. things like love thy neighbor and feed the hungry because he's also taken off after food stamps. aren't these the kinds of things that ought to embody a religious person's view of the role of our society? so i'm just completely confused. besides that, let me -- we just heard from president obama. but let me quote senator rick santorum in 2006 saying, quote, he was committed to ensuring every pennsylvanian has access to higher education. that was

there is a labor troubles at the chicago tribune that night. and there will be a delay in setting the headlines by three hours. so they get on the phone to their correspondent, arthur having sears. the tribune does in washington. it's like, is this safe? can we go with this? nothing could go wrong. it is in the bag. it was not in the back. oddly enough the correspondent was pensioned off right after this. that was the end of his career. you don't see him with george will on sundays or anything after that. so that's the story. and, of course call once to get back to washington he is greeted by this immense crowd had union station, and there is this, maybe the biggest or second biggest crowd ever to assemble in washington. they're lining the streets, going crazy. i think it's best german his sister or daughter, you know, there were not as many people out here when we left washington . everyone loves the front runner. >> okay. and i have one other. again, about a photograph. this picture, the president playing the piano with a young woman sitting

clarence page of "the chicago tribune." my colleague jon karl. mr. will, is it possible that mr. romney is not going to win the state that he grew up in, the one his dad was governor? >> i think it is. >> the trees that are at the right height. >> the fact that the midwest probably begins on the western slope of the alleghenys which makes pittsburgh part of the midwest. he's won missouri and minnesota. he's run strongly in the west. furthermore, several states, people say pennsylvania, pittsburgh, philadelphia, alabama in the middle. they say, in missouri, you live in missouri or missoura, and michigan has the detroit metropolitan area where romney in 2008 did very well and should do very well again. and over in the west, you have kalamazoo, holland, grand rapids, out there the social conservatives are strong. i would expect santorum to carry nonmetro detroit, the question is by how much? >> dee dee, what are you seeing when you look at the michigan race? >> well, i think it's an open question if romney will win where he grew up. one of the things that strikes me, to george's poi

joining us from washington is chicago tribune columnist clarence paige.martin. >> poor old newt, we knew he wasn't going to fare well in the sunshine state but a 14-point beating. but can you remember a less generous candidate in your life? i mean, when he wins, he attacks everyone else. when he loses, he does the same. he doesn't even bother to call the victor. >> that's right. i was quite surprised actually because i've been covering newt gingrich off and on for years. he's usually a pretty gracious guy, speciallyo camera. he can get caught up in the theater of the moment in running for office. even more than that, watching him in give this speech, the speech of defiance really, i felt like he's starting to take this personally and turn this into a real grudge match. i suspect he will stay in the race as long as he can just to spite romney and anybody else in his way. >> do you think he's beginning to lose his mind, perhaps? i put that to you seriously as a question because like you say, he's an experienced campaigner. and yet, he's doing things now tha

the taft/hartley act by the republicans, and there's a labor, there's labor troubles at "the chicago tribune" that night. and there will be a delay in setting the headlines by three hours. so they get on the phone to their correspondent, arthur henning sears, the tribune does in washington, and it's like, is this safe? can we go with this? nothing could go wrong, it's in the bag. it was not in the bag. oddly enough, the correspondent was pensioned off right after this. [laughter] that was the end of his career. you don't see him on, with george will on sundays or anything after that, no. so that's the story. that story. and, of course, once he gets back to washington he's greeted by this immense crowd at union station, and there is this -- maybe the biggest or the second biggest crowd ever to assemble in washington. they're lining the streets, they're going crazy. and i think it's bess truman who says to her daughter, you know, there weren't as many people out here when we left washington. [laughter] everyone loves a front runner. >> okay. and i've got one other one. >> okay. >> again, about

we have the taft hartley act by the republicans and there is labor troubles in "chicago tribune" thatnight. and, there will be a delay and sending the headlines by three hours so they get on the phone to their correspondent arthur hamming spears. is the safe? can we go with this? nothing could go wrong. it's in the bag. it was not in the bag. oddly enough, the correspondent was pensioned off right after this. [laughter] that was the end of his career. you don't see him with george will on sundays or anything after that. so that story, that is the story and of course once he gets back to washington he is greeted by this immense crowd at union station and maybe the second biggest crowd to ever assemble in washington. they are lining the streets. they are going crazy and i think it's bess truman who says to her daughter, you know, there weren't as many people out here when we left washington. everyone loves a front-runner. >> okay i have got one up again and again about a photograph. this picture of the president playing the piano with a young woman sitting on top. what information do yo

it appeared in these little paragraphs i wrote for the chicago tribune column. then later when i went into cartooning at the daily news, they said well, they recognized th name from the paragraphs in the tribune and they said it was a good idea to keep it on the cartoons, and i did. and the result is today, i get a lot of mail from people who say gee, i'm sorry, i don't know how to addresyo and i feel that it's not fair ault, it's mine. >> what do your friends call you? >> herb. >> you say in the book you're shy. >> well, i have been shy, yes. i certainly was very shy as a kid. >> did you overcome most of that? >> i hope so. >> was there a technique you used to do that? >> no, it just takes a matter of time. >> you didn't marry. >> i didn't. >> but you talk once in a while in here about your girlfriends? >> yes. at different tiles, of course, i've had girlfrids. >> any particular -- >> but this is not a book which gets into the bedroom stuff. >> any particular reason why you didn't get married? >>, no i don't know of any, except of course i did always find a lot

as well in the "chicago tribune." here is "the los angeles times." iran is a factor, but some are spreading the blame as well. we want to hear who you think is to blame on the gas prices. we'll be talking about the situation in iran during our last hour of "washington journal." want to show you some of the other stores that have been in the paper on gas prices. -- other stories that have been in the paper on gas prices. the politics on this. quoting some members who attended a meeting with house speaker john boehner last week. the republicans -- here it is. white house officials are preparing for republicans to use consumer banks to condemn his energy -- consumer angst to condemn his energy policies. they find, among their constituents with a return to the districts. they're gone this whole week. iran's recent warnings have pushed the price of a barrel to more than $103. a six-month high since september. that has raised the average to $3.50 and a 30% increase. how does an actor well and your vote? victor, you are an independent and up first. caller:

the chicago tribune here, gas prices rising at a record pace. you know that.e than $4 a gallon in some parts of the united states. analysts blame the hike on iran's decision to cut oil sales to britain and france. some analysts fear the threat could spark record high gas prices. they're talking $5 a gallon by this summer. others say that we're close to peak now. but i got to tell you, the tribune, burrow owe chicago normally has the highest gas prices in the nation but they dropped ten cents a gallon, which is below the national average. so good morning to you, chicago. there's good news. we're trying to figure out where is the lowest gas price to steer our viewers in that direction. >> that another thing that makes you miss home? >> no. not really. i just miss home because it's home >> let's get you to the richmond times dispatch. another headline. here's something the governor is getting mixed up in. that state is expected to pass a bill requiring ultrasound for women who want to get abortions. it's about to end up on the governor, bob mcdonnell's desk after

the chicago tribune reports former illinois governor blagojevich is head today colorado next month. he will serve his 14-year prison sentence for corruption at a federal prison outside denver. >>> a story from the carolina journal online website says a preschool student was told to eat cafeteria chicken nuggets after a north carolina state employee decided the lunch she brought to school was not nutritious. that lunch has a banana, potato chips and apple juice and a turkey sandwich. >>> went on a shopping spree at the new york annual gift fair. he reported spent $20 million in four days, then was taken in for psychiatric observation. >>> and valentine's day setting off sparks and turning out the lights in fontana, california. the los angeles times says a mylar balloon hit an electrical substation knocking out power to 15,000 people for more than an hour. the utility spokesman says it happens >>> this national weather report sponsored by citibank. what's your story? citi can help you right it. prosecutors at the university of virginia murder trial are wrapping up their case with some

the chicago tribune reports the mars company will stop making chocolate bars that have more than 250>> it >> >>> san francisco looking good. mostly clear now but we have some patchy fog in the valleys and also couple of high clouds drifting by. temperatures now in the 30s and 40s. by the afternoon, though, we're expecting those temperatures to move back up into the 60s in most spots. 64 degrees inives will. 56 in san jose. and 63 degrees in san rafael. 50s mostly cloudy at the coastline. the weekend though much cooler air moving in. partly cloudy skies, as well. slight chance of sprinkles saturday morning. >>> this national weather report sponsored by he volkswagen tiquan. that's the power of german engineering. ti-gaun. that's the power of german engineering. antigua >>> also some of those fancy gadgets on your dashboard may fwhot be safe transportation. secretary ray hood talks about that. now recommending to reduce distracted driving. watching now "cbs this morning." >>> this portion of "cbs this morning," sponsored by turbo tax software. turbo tax, choose easy. i have what scienc

interestingly enough, many of the editorial pages across this country, including "the chicago tribune" who said -- and i quote -- "obama's decision will cost the united states jobs. he seems to think those jobs will still be there when he gets around to making a decision on the pipeline. but they may be, well, gone for good." end quote. they go on to say this will deny the united states reliable source of oil. i note that canada has never threatened to block the strait of horplz. end quote -- the strait of hormuz. they recognize the importance of this project, the importance of energy independence and the fact that if we don't benefit from this, it will go somewhere else. they made it abundantly clear that this is not something that if the united states turns down, there is going to continue to wait around until some point in the future when we might consider it. they're going to go somewhere else with it, probably china. so for all those reasons, we believe that we need to advance this project and do everything tweak move it forward. so my -- we can to move it forward. my colleagues