Gary Deeb, the influential Chicago TV and radio critic once dubbed "The Terror of the Tube" by Time magazine, died May 17 at 79. I worked as Deeb's legman at the Sun-Times from 1980 to 1983.
01.06.2025 21:19 β π 26 π 6 π¬ 5 π 2@robertfeder.bsky.social
I reported on Chicago media from 1980 to 2022.
Gary Deeb, the influential Chicago TV and radio critic once dubbed "The Terror of the Tube" by Time magazine, died May 17 at 79. I worked as Deeb's legman at the Sun-Times from 1980 to 1983.
01.06.2025 21:19 β π 26 π 6 π¬ 5 π 2Richard Roeper was a star in his own right. Whether holding his own with Roger Ebert on TV, or chatting with Tom Cruise or Jay Leno. But he was also a kid from Dolton who never forgot where he came from, or who his friends were. He was at my wedding in 1990, and my son's bris in 1997. A true loss.
19.03.2025 17:36 β π 46 π 5 π¬ 4 π 4Now on T Dog Media: WGN-TV names Ric Harris as station's new vice president and general manager: 
www.tdogmedia.com/2025/02/wgn-...
Brilliant . . . and terrifying, via @neilsteinberg.bsky.social.
05.02.2025 16:18 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Narrator: That's not what it ensures.
23.01.2025 02:07 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0I was interviewed for "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action," a new Netflix documentary series directed by @lukesewell.bsky.social. I hope you'll watch it.
12.01.2025 14:35 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0If youβre not appalled by this reckless and inexplicable action by a too-powerful entity thatβs far more enmeshed in our lives than it should be, heaven help you. Heaven help all of us. 
Robert Feder exists, dammit.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Thank you, @neilsteinberg.bsky.social. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
05.01.2025 19:22 β π 15 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1As 2024 ended, Meta permanently disabled my personal 
Facebook account, saying it "doesn't follow our Community Standards on account integrity." I have no idea why. My appeal was denied without explanation or recourse. Now I have no access to any of my content or contacts. What now?
As Henry Kissinger was quoted as saying: βIt has the added advantage of being true.β
27.12.2024 15:34 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Robert Murphy joined Q101 in 1983.
18.12.2024 23:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0T Dog knows his stuff. Highly recommended.
26.11.2024 01:36 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Walter Cronkite, November 22, 1963.
22.11.2024 18:21 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Played this Murrow classic on the show today. The legendary CBS News journalist said this 70 years ago about McCarthy: βWe will not walk in fear, one of another.β
youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...
Mike Thomas, who finished the late Bill Zehmeβs βCarson the Magnificent,β talks about the Johnny Carson biography with the Tribuneβs Rick Kogan at the American Writers Museum.
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