Longtime reporter covering media in Chicago from 1980 to 2022.
Joined June 2009
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Robert Feder retweeted
May 30
No "After Hours" this Sunday. New shows fill vaunted 5-7 pm slot. WGN would like to continue its long relationship with me and explained how a podcast of the show would allow for uninterrupted interviews and give me more flexibility. So much to learn before we launch or crash.
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Robert Feder retweeted
Chicago Tribune strikes 11th-hour deal to buy Daily Herald, outbidding suburban suitor chicagotribune.com/2026/05/2…
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Apr 15
Thanks, Robert Chiarito.
Apr 15
Forty years ago, and after much hype, little was discovered inside Al Capone's purported vault at the Lexington Hotel. Instead, it may have pried open Americans’ love of reality TV. chicagomag.com/city-life/wha…
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Robert Feder retweeted
See you this Friday on @nbcchicago -- I'm thrilled to be joining the team!
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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is eyeing a biopic of legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite.
The studio has tapped screenwriter David Rothley to adapt esteemed academic Douglas Brinkley’s 2012 biography “Cronkite,” sources say.
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Mar 18
Thanks, @DaveHoekstra66.
Mar 18
With fresh energy and experimental desire, Chicago opened its heart to the world in 1986. That magical year helped shape America’s landscape.
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Robert Feder retweeted
Mar 17
Great memories of a great and good man. @WGNRadioNews share.google/LXmE7LxADTDMEj2…
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Mar 10
The 85-year-old former CBS anchorman will lend his sonorous, familiar voice to a final show on May 23. chicago.suntimes.com/arts-an…
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Robert Feder retweeted
Former Tribune and Sun-Times Chair Michael Ferro canceled Epstein meeting at last minute, emails show chicagotribune.com/2026/02/1…
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Feb 3
Thank you, @RickKogan.
Feb 3
For decades the three major networks had a monopoly on news. That has been broken for keeps and new guy Tony Dokoupil is making an awkward start in the CBS anchorman chair once held by "the most trusted man in America." chicagotribune.com/2026/02/0…
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Feb 1
RT @JGreenblattADL: I just finished observing Shabbat and appalled to read about the antisemitic mockery of U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen — hi…
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Jan 30
One Sun-Times legend, @LynnSweet, remembers another — our treasured colleague Basil Talbott Jr.
Jan 30
Basil Talbott Jr., the legendary Chicago Sun-Times political editor, chief political columnist and Washington correspondent, known for his punchy authoritative coverage and analysis, died Wednesday. He was 89. chicago.suntimes.com/news/20…
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Robert Feder retweeted
Jan 21
The publisher of the Daily Herald filed notice with the state earlier this month that it is considering a sale of the northwest suburban newspaper.
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Robert Feder retweeted
Jan 9
Tony Dokoupil's bizarre Minneapolis monologue, in which he spoke for 90 seconds and found nothing to say, caps a week of blunders that suggest his approach to the job is one prolonged ego trip. New, from me: variety.com/2026/tv/columns/…
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Robert Feder retweeted
Jan 7
"It is a sign of how Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage" is ridiculous news copy.
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Robert Feder retweeted
Jan 7
In a brief both-sides-are-equal “report” on #January6th at end of @CBSEveningNews, anchor said: “Pres. Trump accused Dems of failing to prevent the attack; Hakeem Jeffries accused Trump of whitewashing it.” SHAMEFUL! My family watched CBS & Cronkite from 1963 on. No more. Sadly, “That’s the way it is, January 6th, 2026.”
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Robert Feder retweeted
Jan 6
.@tonydokoupil
It's not that you tanked on your first broadcast. Mistakes happen. It's that you chose the day before your debut to say you would be better than Walter Cronkite. It's stupid, frat boy cocky and consistent with a series of embarrassing fuck ups from @bariweiss.
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Robert Feder retweeted
This is crazy. Cronkite regularly engaged his critics - look up the history.
When Spiro Agnew attacked him, Cronkite went to St. Joseph, Missouri, his hometown, and held a town hall where his critics questioned him and CBS News, and it was broadcast on "60 Minutes."
Jan 3
Tony Dokoupil, who begins Monday as anchor of the CBS Evening News, tells a critical commentator on Instagram: "I can promise you we’ll be more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite or any one else of his era."
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31 Dec 2025
Outstanding, important report by @RoederDavid.
31 Dec 2025
The nonprofit owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ paid its outgoing CEO more than $900,000 in 2024, new tax filings show, as it engaged in staff cuts and other measures to deal with declining revenue. chicago.suntimes.com/work/20…
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Robert Feder retweeted
10 Dec 2025
Mark your calendars to see me in a Q&A with Robert Feder at the Congregation B'nai Tikvah! Registration is required for this event, but it is free to attend.
hhttps://kansaspress.ku.edu/events/
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