{"id":13016,"date":"2016-12-22T02:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=13016"},"modified":"2016-12-22T13:37:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T19:37:31","slug":"dear-rahm-emails-reveal-emanuel-works-media-vice-versa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/12\/22\/dear-rahm-emails-reveal-emanuel-works-media-vice-versa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Rahm: Emails reveal how Emanuel works the media \u2014 and vice versa"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bruce<\/a>

<\/a> Bruce Dold and Mayor Rahm Emanuel<\/p><\/div>\n

Using previously undisclosed personal email accounts, <\/a>Mayor Rahm Emanuel communicated with dozens of heavyweights in the media \u2014 from network news anchors and national political columnists to newspaper editors and publishers.<\/p>\n

Among the nearly 2,700 pages of emails released Wednesday in response to a Better Government Association<\/a>\u00a0lawsuit were many that showed how the mayor works the media and how some media power brokers try to work the mayor.<\/p>\n

At least 10 of the emails from Emanuel's private accounts were between him and Bruce Dold, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune.<\/a> Most of them were from when Dold was editorial page editor of the newspaper. He was named to his current position earlier this year.<\/p>\n

In addition to the BGA, the Tribune has been suing for release of all of Emanuel\u2019s emails and text messages relating to city business. \"We are not seeking purely private communication,\" Dold said in a statement last week. \"We are seeking information subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The Tribune is taking these legal steps to guarantee access to all public records, no matter how and where they're kept.\"<\/p>\n

Among the exchanges released Wednesday between Emanuel and Dold, Emanuel follows up on a conversation by sending Dold a link to a Wall Street Journal story. Dold tells him that his future son-in-law \u201cis going to work for Chicago Ventures.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dold-1224\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dold criticizes an op-ed piece submitted for publication by the mayor. \u201cIt reads more like a press release than an essay that will draw and keep readers,\u201d Dold writes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dold-1259\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Emanuel questions Dold about an editorial that he believes doesn\u2019t give him enough credit. Dold replies: \u201cOk, but hey \u2014 this is nothing but a positive editorial about Chicago.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dold-1477\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Emanuel questions Dold on why he didn\u2019t return a call. \u201cDid you not get my vm [voice mail] from two days ago or you still protesting me?\u201d the mayor writes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dold-1794\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One month after Dold is promoted to publisher and editor of the Tribune, Emanuel sends the cryptic message: \u201cWhat is going on?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dold-1970\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are highlights of other emails involving media personalities:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d asks Emanuel to intervene with the Chicago Park District on behalf of her mother, sculptor Emilie Anna Bene\u0161ov\u00e1.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"mika-1798\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wolf Blitzer, CNN news anchor, seeks an interview for \u201cThe Situation Room,\u201d his weekday afternoon news show. \u201cLove to the family,\u201d he writes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"wolf-cnn\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Emanuel sends a personal email touting Chicago schools\u2019 educational gains to Maureen Dowd, columnist for the New York Times. Emanuel sends identical emails to: George Stephanopoulos of ABC News; Wolf Blitzer of CNN; Peggy Noonan, Naftali Bendavid, Paul Gigot and Jerry Seib of the Wall Street Journal; Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, James Bennett and Carl Hulse of the New York Times; Al Hunt, Margaret Carlson, Mark Halperin and Peter Orszag of Bloomberg; David Ignatius, Fred Hiatt and Anne Kornblut of the Washington Post; James Fallows of The Atlantic; and John Harris of Politico.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dowd-2155\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hermene Hartman, publisher of N\u2019Digo magazine, suggests candidates for Emanuel to consider for superintendent of Chicago Public Schools. \u201cNeither of them know of my suggestion to you,\u201d she writes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"hartman-1223\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Larry Wert, then president and general manager of NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, shares the ratings with Emanuel for the premiere of \u201cChicago Fire\u201d and the newscast that followed. \u201cTake some credit,\u201d he writes, followed by a smiley face.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"wert-575\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Ferro, then chairman of the Sun-Times, thanks Emanuel for joining the roster of columnists for Splash, the paper\u2019s new celebrity magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"ferro-469\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony Hunter, then publisher of the Tribune, invites Emanuel to kick off a conference of \u201cthe nation\u2019s top editors and news leaders.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"hunter-820\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using previously undisclosed personal email accounts, Mayor Rahm Emanuel communicated with dozens of heavyweights in the media \u2014 from network news anchors and national political columnists to newspaper editors and publishers. Among the nearly 2,700 pages of emails released Wednesday in response to a Better Government Association\u00a0lawsuit were many that showed how the mayor works... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13016"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13042,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016\/revisions\/13042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}