Also, police are searching for a group of men who allegedly gang-raped a teen girl on Facebook Live.
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Buzzfeed media editor Craig Silverman on the impact of fake news, what’s next for it, and what, exactly, it even is
The fake-news expert recently gave a talk about the misinformation economy at the University of Chicago.
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Getting under Trump’s skin, verse by satirical verse
Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich is effectively skewering the new president with doggerel.
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Illinois Republicans and Democrats actually worked together on state budget proposal, and other Chicago news
Also, Trump’s Twitter rant about Meryl Streep has some local elected officials newly concerned about his temperament.
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The eternal, galling failure to communicate
Would better communications have changed the election?
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Chicago police try to rebuild trust, improve image with social media strategy, and other news
Also, CPS stops using discriminatory job screening process following a WBEZ investigation.
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LOL! Chicago Tribune tells its readers to vote for Gary Johnson
The paper endorses the “What’s Aleppo?” candidate for president.
Posted inFilm
In Snowden, a private life obscures a public scandal
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the notorious whistle-blower in Oliver Stone’s new biopic.
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How can journalists report with balance on an unbalanced candidate?
Journalists and media watchers fret about the role of “false equivalence” in coverage of Trump and Clinton.
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Police chief Eddie Johnson quickly removes police powers from cops involved in fatal shooting, and other Chicago news
Also, Bruce Rauner decriminalizes carrying small amounts of marijuana.
Posted inNews & Politics
I’m voting for Hillary Clinton, but I don’t vote with my vagina
I’m voting for Clinton with a brain that understands what having a vagina means.
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What is news, anyway? A new Pew study raises the question.
The Pew Research Center just released a new study on the news preferences of the American public. The findings make for unsurprising reading.
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Expect a ‘few hundred’ more police officers at the Pride Parade, and other Chicago news
Also, Lincoln Park Zoo is getting rid of its tigers Molly and Pavel.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Taken hostage by a fiancee repulsed by sex
Dan Savage advises a student held hostage by a sex-hating fiancee, a gay bride-to-be shunned by family, and woman whose new BF just isn’t that into her.