I have had the honor of having lunch with Robert Feder, a few years ago in Chicago, thanks to a friend of mine.
He has been a true leader in media coverage. On Aug 7, 2022, 11:06 PM -0400, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com>, wrote: > Not to be confused with Richard Feder of Fort Lee, NJ > > background: Feder has been a _GREAT_ reporter > on media issues, primarily CHicago, but often > with national impact. > > For example, he reported on how MeTV was not only > clipping out scenes from its libraries of old programs > that it considered problematic, but completely shitcanned > some episodes [a]. > > Anyway, from July 1st, 2022 (I just saw this): > > "My childhood dream became the honor of a lifetime > > The luckiest people are those who get to do what they > love for a living - and decide when it's time to stop. > I'm one of them. > > "After 42 years of reporting on Chicago media, I'm stepping > away from the beat. My website at RobertFeder.com will > continue online, but effective today, I'm concluding the > run of my daily column and wrapping up my tenure with the > Daily Herald." > ====== > https://www.robertfeder.com/2022/07/01/childhood-dream-became-honor-lifetime/ > > [a] > An episode of "The Flintstones" in which Fred and Barney refer to two > Arab characters who show up in Bedrock as "towelheads" has been > excised. "Fred Flintstone will never be heard saying that on MeTV," > Sabin said. > > https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/07/08/metv-flags-objectionable-content-shows-another-era/ > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > dan...@panix.com > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/613803a3-b93f-4ca6-9210-2ed00fe34424%40Spark.
