How do we stop this trend? It may be easier for broadcasters to create shows that preach to the choir, sourcing their navels, mostly on the right, a few on the left. But what about shows like Rick Pearson\u2019s in which he gets the experts, advocates and candidates on and challenges them to defend their approaches so we actually learn? We still have Craig Dellimore's \u201cAt Issue\u201d on WBBM, WBEZ's many offerings, Bill Cameron's \u201cConnected to Chicago\u201d on WLS, Roe Conn (who is great when he has guests on) and Bruce DuMont, but I wish there were more public affairs offerings on radio, especially as we come up to the referendum on a graduated income tax. Voters should hear from the experts, not just the paid ads.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robservations on the media beat: CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 won a Peabody Award Wednesday for \u201cUnwarranted,\u201d reporter Dave Savini\u2019s ongoing investigation of Chicago police conducting raids on the wrong houses. \"Through exhaustive interviews, surveillance of video footage from nearby buildings, and hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests, Savini uncovered findings that range from careless to... 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\/25825"}],"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=25825"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25836,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25825\/revisions\/25836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}