Robert Feder
@robertfeder.bsky.social
I reported on Chicago media from 1980 to 2022.
Gary Deeb, the influential Chicago TV and radio critic once dubbed "The Terror of the Tube" by Time magazine, died May 17 at 79. I worked as Deeb's legman at the Sun-Times from 1980 to 1983.
June 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Gary Deeb, the influential Chicago TV and radio critic once dubbed "The Terror of the Tube" by Time magazine, died May 17 at 79. I worked as Deeb's legman at the Sun-Times from 1980 to 1983.
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Richard Roeper was a star in his own right. Whether holding his own with Roger Ebert on TV, or chatting with Tom Cruise or Jay Leno. But he was also a kid from Dolton who never forgot where he came from, or who his friends were. He was at my wedding in 1990, and my son's bris in 1997. A true loss.
March 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Richard Roeper was a star in his own right. Whether holding his own with Roger Ebert on TV, or chatting with Tom Cruise or Jay Leno. But he was also a kid from Dolton who never forgot where he came from, or who his friends were. He was at my wedding in 1990, and my son's bris in 1997. A true loss.
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Now on T Dog Media: WGN-TV names Ric Harris as station's new vice president and general manager:
www.tdogmedia.com/2025/02/wgn-...
www.tdogmedia.com/2025/02/wgn-...
WGN-TV names Ric Harris as VP-General Manager - T Dog Media
Veteran broadcaster to lead Nexstar's flagship station; WGN also announces new programming for WGN+Irving, Tex.-based Nexstar Media Group announced Ric Harris would become WGN-TV's new vice president ...
www.tdogmedia.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Now on T Dog Media: WGN-TV names Ric Harris as station's new vice president and general manager:
www.tdogmedia.com/2025/02/wgn-...
www.tdogmedia.com/2025/02/wgn-...
Brilliant . . . and terrifying, via @neilsteinberg.bsky.social.
My column in the Sun-Times today (well, partly mine anyway...)
www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/02/the-...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/02/the-...
The Machines Are Learning, and It's Getting Spooky
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Brilliant . . . and terrifying, via @neilsteinberg.bsky.social.
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Narrator: That's not what it ensures.
Chicago Public Media CEO's letter to our members: Thanks to your support, we’re creating a new kind of organization — one that ensures Chicago has the best and most impactful city-wide, independent journalism, made for and by Chicagoans. Read more. www.wbez.org/pressroom/20...
Letter from the CEO: What is the future of public media? We’re making hard decisions so we can answer that question
Chicago Public Media CEO Melissa Bell’s letter to WBEZ members.
www.wbez.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Narrator: That's not what it ensures.
I was interviewed for "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action," a new Netflix documentary series directed by @lukesewell.bsky.social. I hope you'll watch it.
January 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I was interviewed for "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action," a new Netflix documentary series directed by @lukesewell.bsky.social. I hope you'll watch it.
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If you’re not appalled by this reckless and inexplicable action by a too-powerful entity that’s far more enmeshed in our lives than it should be, heaven help you. Heaven help all of us.
Robert Feder exists, dammit.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Robert Feder exists, dammit.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
When Facebook decides you are not a real person
Robert Feder, the respected dean of media reporting in Chicago, was shown the gate by Facebook for reasons mysterious.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If you’re not appalled by this reckless and inexplicable action by a too-powerful entity that’s far more enmeshed in our lives than it should be, heaven help you. Heaven help all of us.
Robert Feder exists, dammit.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Robert Feder exists, dammit.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
As 2024 ended, Meta permanently disabled my personal
Facebook account, saying it "doesn't follow our Community Standards on account integrity." I have no idea why. My appeal was denied without explanation or recourse. Now I have no access to any of my content or contacts. What now?
Facebook account, saying it "doesn't follow our Community Standards on account integrity." I have no idea why. My appeal was denied without explanation or recourse. Now I have no access to any of my content or contacts. What now?
January 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As 2024 ended, Meta permanently disabled my personal
Facebook account, saying it "doesn't follow our Community Standards on account integrity." I have no idea why. My appeal was denied without explanation or recourse. Now I have no access to any of my content or contacts. What now?
Facebook account, saying it "doesn't follow our Community Standards on account integrity." I have no idea why. My appeal was denied without explanation or recourse. Now I have no access to any of my content or contacts. What now?
T Dog knows his stuff. Highly recommended.
Hi 👋
My name is Terence, and I run T Dog Media, a website I started in 2006 to write about local and national media. I'm looking forward to being here on Bluesky. I'll post my work here and share articles about the media biz. Glad to be aboard!
My name is Terence, and I run T Dog Media, a website I started in 2006 to write about local and national media. I'm looking forward to being here on Bluesky. I'll post my work here and share articles about the media biz. Glad to be aboard!
November 26, 2024 at 1:36 AM
T Dog knows his stuff. Highly recommended.
Walter Cronkite, November 22, 1963.
November 22, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Walter Cronkite, November 22, 1963.
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Played this Murrow classic on the show today. The legendary CBS News journalist said this 70 years ago about McCarthy: “We will not walk in fear, one of another.”
youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...
youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...
Murrow on McCarthy, no fear, 1954
YouTube video by pmw8000
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Played this Murrow classic on the show today. The legendary CBS News journalist said this 70 years ago about McCarthy: “We will not walk in fear, one of another.”
youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...
youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...
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Mike Thomas, who finished the late Bill Zehme’s “Carson the Magnificent,” talks about the Johnny Carson biography with the Tribune’s Rick Kogan at the American Writers Museum.
November 20, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Mike Thomas, who finished the late Bill Zehme’s “Carson the Magnificent,” talks about the Johnny Carson biography with the Tribune’s Rick Kogan at the American Writers Museum.