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175 Index Page numbers for images in the photograph gallery, which follows page 100, are indicated by an italicized G followed by an italicized page number. The author is referenced in subheadings as “WJ.” ABC television network, 133. See also Channel 7 (ABC-WLS) Adamski, Greg, 146 advertising, subliminal, 102–3 African Americans: Black Panther Party, 48, 70; in crime reporting, 123–24; fear of, 128– 29; in television news, 117–18, 134–36. See also names of individual African Americans Agnew, Spiro T., 72 Ali, Muhammad, 49, G6 American Airlines, 163 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (film), 164 anchors, 75, 104–5, 126, 163–66. See also names of individual anchors anti-Semitism, 90, 121–23 Applegate, Bill, 137–38, 140–43 Associated Press (AP), 25 Axelrod, David, 159 Bauler, Paddy, 37 “Beirut on the Lake,” 127–28 Bernstein, Carl, 30 Biden, Joe, 170 Bilandic, Michael, 95–97 black crime, on television, 123–24 black national anthem, 118 Black Panther Party, raid on, 48, 70 black power, fears of, 128–29 Blagojevich, Rod “Blago”: ambitions of, 159–60; criminal conviction of, 32, 86–87, 156; trial of, 170 blizzards, 98 Bob Newhart Show (television), 164 Boyer, Phil, 102–3 Brinkley, David, 65 Brooks, David, 19 Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, 109–16 Brown v. Board of Education, 55 Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 60 Burke, Ed, 127–28 Burnett, Carol, G4 Bush, Barbara, 150–51 Bush, George W., 151, 156 Byrne, Jane, 2, 95–99, 105–8, 117, G6 Cabrini Green public housing project, 106 Callaway, John, 51 Capone, Al, 128 Carpenter, Debbie, 160–62 Carroll, Luke, 37, 39 Carter, Jimmy, 108 CBS television network, 49, 60, 115, 133. See also Channel 2 (CBS-WBBM) Channel 2 (CBS-WBBM): Byrne–Bilandic controversy, 98; departures, 73–74; early days, 49–51; Emmy Award winners, G7; Harrington at, 49; libel suit defense, 110; Madigan’s move to, 38–39; Marin at, 126–27; under Mussler’s management, vii–viii; new look in news, 81, 82–84; nocommentary policy, 56; popularity of, 102; ratings slumps, 137, 158; staff meetings, 132; WJ as coanchor-commentator, viii, 136; WJ as political editor, 62, 69; 176 I N D E x WJ as second-stringer, 43–44; WJ at, 40–52; WJ invited to return to, 77–81; WJ’s and Kurtis’s one-night return, 168–70; WJ’s anger at, 141; WJ’s resignation, 72–73; WJ’s two-year contract with (2010), 172–73; WLS compared to, 104 Channel 5 (NBC-WMAQ): Drury’s move to, vii; O’Connor at, vii, 69–70, 74–75; Springer as commentator for, 126; WJ at, 73, 79–80 Channel 7 (ABC-WLS): dumbing down the news, 104; Flynn’s move to, vii, 74; “Happy Talk” and ratings slide, 99; Porterfield and, 135; wooing of Kurtis and WJ, 102 Chicago: Children’s Choir, 118; city aldermen, 60, 127–28, 131–32; City News Bureau, 17–21; city’s rain blocker program, 1–2; corruption in, 60, 86, 96–97, 145, 153–54; Cubs, 2–5, G1; Democratic Party machine in, 132, 160; drug trade, 106; mayoral races, 99, 128; patronage system, 60, 131–32; police, 52, 83, 146–47; politics, 31–32, 53; population and housing boom, 145; Press Club, 45; segregation, 55; television markets, 157; violence in, after assassinations of Kennedy and King, 62–63 Chicago Daily News, 12–16 Chicago Journalism Review, 72 Chicago Lawyer, 115 Chicago’s American, 12–13, 30–31, 37–39 Chicago Sun-Times, 23–26, 72–73, 84 Chicago Tribune: Axelrod and, 159; bankruptcy filing, 26; and Chicago’s American, 12; on WBBM, 79, 84; on WJ’s departure from WBBM, 72 Ciccone, Dick, 38 City News Bureau, Chicago, 17–21 Clark, Mark, 70 clichés, 73 Clinton, Bill, 87 Coconate, Frank, 1–2 Cohen, Bruno, 169, 172–73 Coleman, John, 75 Columbia School of General Studies, New York, 9–12 Columbia University, New York, 21–24, 60 commentaries, in general, 8, 38, 54–55, 69, 82, 156. See also “Perspective” Conn, Roe, 167 Cook County Board of Commissioners, 43 Cook County Democratic Central Committee, 95–96 Cook County politics, 31–33 Cornelius, Terri, 154 corruption: in Chicago politics, 60, 86, 96–97; in Cook County politics, 31–33 “Council Wars,” 128–29 Craig, Don, 127, 131, 134 Cronkite, Walter, 45, 65–66, 164 Cullerton, Eddie, 31 Cullerton, John, 31 Cullerton, P. J. “Parky,” 31–33, 34, 70 Cullerton, Tom, 31 Cullerton, Willie, 31 Cummings, Gary, 134–35 Daily Herald, 143...
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