One of the great hallmarks of \u201cChicago Tonight\u201d has been its ability to remain as objective as possible and present all sides respectfully. This is where most of the national news channels have failed. Fox News, MSNBC and CNN most notably fail at this despite their claims of truth and fairness. [Hugo Balta] admits to a \u201ccommitment to a mission of transparency over the antiquated practices of objectivity\u201d as though it was a noble mission and a badge of honor. In reality, it is an arrogant and defiant statement, and an admission that gives credence to the claims from both sides that the news industry is trying to manipulate everyone. Objectivity is antiquated? If so, we are doomed. This action bolsters my respect of WTTW\u2019s news organization and mission, as well as the Ponce-Friedman-Schutz team, and to Ms. Micek for recognizing the cancer this gentleman\u2019s philosophy is and excising it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robservations on the media beat: The death of talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh Wednesday leaves Cumulus Media news\/talk WLS 890-AM without its most potent personality \u2014 and without a designated replacement. \"Rush Limbaugh was one of the most powerful voices in American radio and he called The Big 89 his Chicago home for over 25... 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\/28715"}],"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=28715"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28734,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28715\/revisions\/28734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}