With a deep bow to the late, great Roy Leonard, whose Turkey of the Year Awards were a Thanksgiving Day tradition on news/talk WGN 720-AM for decades, here’s a hearty flip of the bird to this year’s Chicago media recipients:
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea for Rafer Weigel to hit the "send" button on explicit photos of himself and the married mother of four with whom he was having an affair. As the year's tawdriest soap opera played out in an Indiana courtroom, the "Good Day Chicago" news anchor found himself caught up in three-way allegations of harassment and revenge porn involving the scorned woman and an ex-fiancee. Vowing to clear his name, Weigel (who has not been charged with a crime) remains suspended without pay from Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32. Continue reading