Chicago alternatives

Beachwood Reporter has a judicious analysis of media misfeasance in the recently decided state’s attorney race, won by asst. s.a. Anita Alvarez:

McCarron’s acknowledgement that if he had known what he knows now of Alvarez’s resume he might have voted for her only points up the failure of the local media to really invest themselves in this race. No wonder they’re surprised.

I know I held off writing about the race in the days before the election because I felt like I just didn’t have enough information about the candidates. The press blew this one.

He’s a web-only alternative medium reporting what’s said by a longstanding alternative in print and on web, Chi Reader.  This Beachwood fellow has a very good thing going, by the way.

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