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Cheryl L. Reed, Chicago Sun-Times, editorial page director chicago sun-times, Tom McNamee
Cheryl L. Reed, Chicago Sun-Times, editorial page director chicago sun-times, Tom McNamee

Chicago Sun-Times Editor Resigns Over "Wholesale Rewrites" To Obama, McCain Endorsements

Chicago Tribune   |  Phil Rosenthal   |   February 4, 2008 09:57 PM

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The Chicago Sun-Times today named Tom McNamee its editorial page editor after Cheryl L. Reed resigned, saying in a note to her staff she was "deeply troubled" the paper's presidential primary endorsements of Barack Obama and John McCain were subjected to "wholesale rewrites" by people outside the editorial board.

The choice of candidate did not change in the endorsements, only parts of the prose, Sun-Times Publisher Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. said in his own staff memo. "The changes made, in our judgment, deepened and strengthened the messages," he wrote.

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- SaintN I'm a Fan of SaintN permalink

This should be a warning to Americans "Not" to vote for any candidate who is "endorsed" by any self serving "Corporate Media Entity"!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:58 PM on 02/05/2008
- Tom95134 I'm a Fan of Tom95134 permalink

So when does the original get "leaked" onto the Internet?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 AM on 02/05/2008
- truthyguy I'm a Fan of truthyguy permalink

Cheryl Reed should get backers and start her own paper. It would be nice to have the unvarnished truth in the news for a change.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:34 AM on 02/05/2008
- Ides I'm a Fan of Ides permalink

I'm hardly surprised. The Chicago Sun-Times has run cold and colder in its coverage of the Barack Obama campaign. When they announced that Obama was a politician mentioned in connection to Rezko they buried the lede after the third paragraph: "No wrongdoing was found."

I was absolutely surprised that a paper that has covered Obama so fiercely and taken more than its share of liberties in covering his record (just do a cross-search of MediaMatters.org and Obama and the paper) would endorse him anyway. Go figure.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:37 PM on 02/04/2008
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