Investigative Reporter at WBEZ - Chicago Public Media
Dan Mihalopoulos
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WEIU-TV, a PBS affiliate at Eastern Illinois University shut down Friday due to the loss of federal funding for public media. As experts have noted, smaller rural TV and radio stations have suffered most, located where residents already have limited news sources. READ: https://loom.ly/aT-pX4w
And back in 2010, I broke the story that Chicago - then under Rich Daley - wanted no part of the ill-fated US bid for the 2018 or 22 World Cups.
Yes, Daley brought 5 games here in 94 but decided it wasn't worth bidding again
www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/s...
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I'm as big a soccer fan as anybody - and went to the games at Soldier Field in 94.
And I'm not averse to criticizing Rahm, as many of you know well.
But FIFA, like the IOC, may be too much trouble - and expense - for even Chicago's famously wily politicians!
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel defends his 2018 decision to keep the city out of the joint US/Canada/Mexico bid for this summer's World Cup finals
