A Tale of Two ‘Non-Payment’ Reports
It must be hard for newspaper editors to pick and choose which candidates to report on in an election season when their endorsed candidates fall on the opposite side of issues that contradict the paper's endorsed claims. Case in point, given the choice of reporting about the numerous reports of Illinois not paying their obligations and that of a payment glitch concerning a leading Republican gubernatorial candidate which story do you think the Chicago Sun Times would choose? If you picked the non-story hiding behind candidate R you would be correct. This morning's edition of the Sun Times features a breathless story under the headline, ” Brady ads pulled because TV stations weren't paid “. In an embarrassing campaign misstep , dozens of political commercials for GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady were yanked from the air Thursday because at least three Chicago television stations did not receive payment. The story ran even though the payment glitch had been corrected as of Thursday evening and was very shortlived. One could consider this an accomplishment considering that Illinois has a record of not fixing such payment “glitches” when it comes to ensuring that state insured patients are not denied medical care because the state simply isn't paying doctors and health insurers for services rendered. Thus you will likely not find stories like that of Ashley Wright of Carterville Illinois anywhere on the Sun Times site. Mrs. Wright's husband works for Southern Illinois University, a state run school with state provided insurance. Her family is being denied medical care because the state isn't paying it's bills; a recurring sort of non-payment story that is plaguing the state of Illinois yet not reported in the Chicago Sun Times. Here's how that story plays out when actually reported on: Family Denied Medical Treatment Because of State's Debt read more
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A Tale of Two ‘Non-Payment’ Reports
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on October 29, 2010. Filed under