Mar 7, 2018
Exhibition “The Floral Show” (not what you expect) on view at ZIA Gallery.
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Exhibition “The Floral Show” (not what you expect) on view at ZIA Gallery.
With music by William Bolcolm, W.A. Mozart, and Richard Strauss.
Our Phil Ponce is slightly out of his depth here, but give him points for trying.
"I've learned from my mistakes" means a slicker nastier meaner Rahm. "I've learned from my mistakes" means a slicker nastier meaner Rahm.
Rahm and Rauner have run the 'bait and switch' too any times to the detriment of black, brown and poor communities. Closed schools. Closed hospitals. Closed mental clinics. Paid protestors. Stolen TIF funds, for the DePaul stadium and Loop/Lakefront development. Appointed rubber stamp school board. Lies about free city college for CPS students. Unfunded full day kindergarten. Unfunded longer school day Lies about art music Rahm and Rauner have run the 'bait and switch' too any times to the detriment of black, brown and poor communities. Closed schools. Closed hospitals. Closed mental clinics. Paid protestors. Stolen TIF funds, for the DePaul stadium and Loop/Lakefront development. Appointed rubber stamp school board. Lies about free city college for CPS students. Unfunded full day kindergarten. Unfunded longer school day Lies about art music education. "I've learned from my mistakes" means a slicker nastier meaner Rahm. "I've learned from my mistakes" means a slicker nastier meaner Rahm.
Phil Ponce on Chuy García ‘Gang’ Questions: ‘I Blew It’
After facing intense critcism for a series of questions he made towards Chicago mayoral candidate Chuy García Tuesday night during a “Chicago Tonight” candidates debate, WTTW Phil Ponce admitted to columnist John Kass of The Chicago Tribune the he messed up.
Here is the lengthy quote Kass published in his column today from a phone conversation he had with Ponce yesterday:
I crossed the line. As I think of it, there is no nexus between being a good parent and having a good kid. You can be a great parent and have lousy kids. Or you can be a terrible parent and have great kids. And the skill set in being a parent are not the same as being a mayor. You can be a great parent and a terrible mayor, and you can be a terrible parent and a great mayor. So in retrospect I think that question was off the mark and that I blew it on that one.
Ponce’s mea culpa came just hours many thought that Ponce’s questions about García’s son were uncalled for.
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watched #PhilPonce #wttwDebate #ChicagoTonight commentary. Not an APOLOGY!! Not an Explanation!!! Ask #RahmLove about crime when son mugged outside of house, about education when kids at UofC Lab as he singlehandlely destroys #CPS with his rubberstamp Appointed school Board and #BBB. even as ranking and rating drop!! #PhilPonce wad biased in the moderation of the #Wttwdebate of #ChicagoTonight . Biased, unprofessional and unethical. #Wttw doesnt have to worry about my support at #PledgeDrive time. #PhilPonce is reported to be a friend and neighbor of #RahmLove... lets ask the tough questions.
WTTW’s Phil Ponce Crossed the Line in Asking Chuy García About His Son’s ‘Gang’ Past
In case you missed this last night from Chicago, here is what WTTW’s Phil Ponce asked Chicago mayoral candidate Chuy García during a “Chicago Tonight” debate. Ponce’s questions even got Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step in and tell Ponce that he had crossed the line. Watch the three-minute clip and see it for yourself. At one point, the audience begins to heckle Ponce, too. As for García, he sounded more like a dad than like a politician. Pretty safe to say that he will likely get sympathy votes during next Tuesday’s mayoral election. How can he not after his response? Just watch.
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SPOTLIGHT: Chicago Tonight's Phil Ponce
No matter what catastrophe befalls us during the day, the soothing voice of Chicago Tonight's Phil Ponce convinces us it's all going to be OK.
But wait, can anyone really be that calm and confident all the time? Once the cameras stop rolling, does he turn into a tyrant like John Mahoney's talk show host in Reality Bites?
Well, now that we've seen what Phil does for fun, we're pretty sure that he's just as zen offscreen as he is on.
How Do You Manage Someone Who Is Trying to Manage You?
8 Tips for Journalism Students on Handling Sources
At a recent forum titled Rating Rahm: The Media Assesses Mayor Emanuel at Loyola University Chicago, a panel of distinguished journalists and commentators gathered to discuss the mayor’s first 100 days in office.
The lively conversation was moderated by Chicago Tonight anchor Phil Ponce and the panelists were: Carol Marin, political editor at NBC-5; Charles Thomas, political reporter for ABC-7; Kristen Mack, reporter for the Chicago Tribune; Laura Washington, columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and political analyst for ABC-7; and Mick Dumke, who covers city hall for The Reader. While the panel conceded that it was still too early to truly appraise Emanuel’s mayoral performance, what did emerge from their comments was an interesting profile of Chicago’s new leader. Said to be the city’s first elected millionaire mayor — he worked as an investment banker for a short time — from the North Side, Emanuel was described as energetic, focused, intellectually astute, incredibly witty, a great public speaker, and driven to make significant changes in how the city operates. Surprisingly for a politician, he seems to be thin-skinned and doesn’t take criticism well. “He is a master at defining the issue,” said one of the panelist. Always positive, yet always in “campaign mode,” seeking to control the message. How then do you manage someone (i.e. a politician, newsmaker, high-level source) who is trying to manage you? That’s the question Ponce tossed to the panel, directing them to give tips to the journalism students in the audience. Here are the Top 8: 1. Decline to go off the record. Sources have to be willing to talk if they want their position to be reported. 2. Remember your job is not to simply cover press releases, it is to get behind the story. Dig deeper. 3. Demand respect. Don’t be pushed over, belittled or berated. Simply say, “I won't be talk to that way.” 4. Don’t go to the usual sources to get what you want. Find new ones to talk to. 5. Develop sources by going to events to cultivate relationships. 6. Don't rely on the press office to give you all the information. (See #2 & #4 again!) 7. Call officials out if they don't answer your questions. Public shaming works. 8. Write the truth. That is what the public is counting on you to do.