Defending WVON To the editor: I’m at a loss to account for Mike Miner’s September 27 Hot Type account of Lowell Thompson’s run-in with WVON radio. On the way to defending an unaired commercial for an undiscussed book by an unknown (to me) “black ad man,” Miner trashes WVON, the media home of Chicago’s progressive […]
Author Archives: Steve Sewall
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Inside the Challenge
“I don’t give a damn about [McGovern] guidelines. We’re going to select delegates the way we always have.” —Richard C. Daley to Chicago Ward Committeemen, Feb. 24, 1972 And select delegates Mayor Daley did. The way he always has. With impunity. The mayor said: “They wouldn’t dare throw us out in Miami.” But Miami dared. […]