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Author: Bob Chiarito

Chicago media outlets ignored R. Kelly story for decades. We try to understand why.

Media News
April 15, 2019April 16, 2019
by Bob Chiarito

“There’s no way around it — South and West Side victims. The girls are all black except for one.” –Jim DeRogatis on why the Chicago media ignored the R. Kelly story for decades.

Journalism largely failed in R. Kelly case, but Sun-Times reporters persisted

Media News
February 26, 2019March 28, 2019
by Bob Chiarito

Jim DeRogatis, a Chicago pop music critic with a hard news background, almost threw away a fax he received the……

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