Channel 2 vs. WTTW's Steve Rhodes

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Posted by chicagomedia.org on October 03, 2008 at 10:48:09:

I'm the last guy in the world you'd expect to be standing up for WBBM-Channel 2.

But in this case, I can't help it.

On last Friday's "Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review" on WTTW-Channel 11, there was Steve Rhodes, blogger and self-appointed media critic, trashing the CBS-owned station's brand new Loop studios and theorizing about "some sort of curse" on its ratings.

"I think they could change their name to Channel 7 and they wouldn't get people to start watching them," he sniffed. "So getting a new building downtown -- how is that going to turn the channel to 2? I can't see it."

That's the same Rhodes who's paid by NBC to write a political blog for Channel 5. He also makes guest appearances on Channel 5 from time to time.

"Ethics," he once noted on his blog in the third person, "has been a lifelong interest of Steve Rhodes."

Tell that to Channel 2.

(Robert Feder, Chicago Sun-Times)

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: I'm the last guy in the world you'd expect to be standing up for WBBM-Channel 2. : But in this case, I can't help it. : On last Friday's "Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review" on WTTW-Channel 11, there was Steve Rhodes, blogger and self-appointed media critic, trashing the CBS-owned station's brand new Loop studios and theorizing about "some sort of curse" on its ratings. : "I think they could change their name to Channel 7 and they wouldn't get people to start watching them," he sniffed. "So getting a new building downtown -- how is that going to turn the channel to 2? I can't see it." : That's the same Rhodes who's paid by NBC to write a political blog for Channel 5. He also makes guest appearances on Channel 5 from time to time. : "Ethics," he once noted on his blog in the third person, "has been a lifelong interest of Steve Rhodes." : Tell that to Channel 2. : (Robert Feder, Chicago Sun-Times)

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