This morning's topics: McCain and Obama debate; Carol Marin and Cicero ... and more

John McCain wants to cancel the debate but Barack Obama is going to go ahead with it …

I was thinking maybe I'd cancel my show to help focus on the economy … why don't we all just stop working and doing our jobs to help resolve the crisis … it's a stupid idea … McCain and Obama should STAY AWAY from the debate on the economy and let the Senate leaders deal with it … if McCain and Obama get involved they just turn it into politics … leadership is also about working with the House and Senate not taking the spotlight away … McCain and Obama should debate and they should change the focus to the economy rather than international affairs

John Bolton, Bush's former, loser UN Ambassador, is in the New York times telling us the focus should be on Iran because Iran has weapons of mass destruction and they are preparing to attackj the United States and they are preparing to attack New York … and … and … and Didn't we have enough lies from Bush … we don't need his minions out there lying for him … Bush lied enough … Bolton is one of those conservative zealots who cares more about politics than our real issues like the economic mess Bush got us into

I got some calls from friends at WMAQ TV yesterday wanting to know if I was "mad" at Carol Marin … I'm not mad at Carol Marin … I like Carol … a lot … I just think the issue isn't Carol it's the story … Dan Proft made a good argument when he came on the show this week … he had an appointment with Marin and her producer to go over the Cicero contracts on Thursday morning … but on Wednesday night 90 Marin called and said they wanted to cancel and they were going to go with the story (without Proft's side of the story -- and he, not Cicero, was the focus of the report) … why? because on Thursday morning it turns out, the Chicago Tribune broke the story too …

I told them I love Carol … she's not the issue … the issue is journalism and fairness … they wanted to beat the Tribvune with the story and I don't blame them but at what cost? Proft had everything to give them …

But the bigger issue in my mind is this: why Cicero? Do yout hinkt he media cares about Cicero? No way. Why not Orland Park … the candals and political shenanigans there? The corruption and waste in a place like Orland Park? Because the MEDIA LIKES Orland Park … they HATE Cicero … it's not about concern for the residents of Cicero that they focus on Cicero ,.. it's about media sales … sell newspapers, sell controversy, sell TV ads … the people of Cicero will vote them out of office if they don't like what is going on …

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-- Ray Hanania
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