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

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • April 15, 2019
  • 3 Comments on Chicago media outlets ignored R. Kelly story for decades. We try to understand why.

“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.

Media News, Midwest

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

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • February 26, 2019
  • 10 Comments on Journalism largely failed in R. Kelly case, but Sun-Times reporters persisted

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

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