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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Reminder is Right-On</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Bloomquist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago media critic Robert Feder reports that Tribune Company CEO Randy Michaels has issued a list of 119 words and phrases that WGN-AM newspeople are no longer allowed to use on-air.  Feder looks askance at this effort,  calling it insulting and suggesting that Michaels has better things to do with his time.  Feder couldn&#8217;t be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.talkfrontier.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/duct.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1376" title="duct" src="http://www.talkfrontier.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/duct-e1268312269302-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Chicago media critic<strong> <a href="http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/memo-puts-wgn-news-staffers-at-a-loss-for-words/17374?utm_source=Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=c7e383afc5-TRI_03-11-2010&amp;utm_medium=email">Robert Feder</a></strong> reports that <strong>Tribune Company</strong> CEO <a href="http://www.tribune.com/about/bios/michaels.html"><strong>Randy Michaels</strong></a> has <a href="http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/memo-puts-wgn-news-staffers-at-a-loss-for-words/17374?utm_source=Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=c7e383afc5-TRI_03-11-2010&amp;utm_medium=email">issued a list of 119 words and phrases</a> that<strong> WGN-AM</strong> newspeople are no longer allowed to use on-air.  Feder looks askance at this effort,  calling it insulting and suggesting that Michaels has better things to do with his time.  Feder couldn&#8217;t be more wrong.  What job could possibly be more important for the head of a media company than insuring the quality of its content?</p>
<p>Michael&#8217;s list of forbidden words is designed to make WGN&#8217;s newscasts more conversational and PPM friendly.  Honestly, there isn&#8217;t much new here.  Anyone who worked in a <strong>Clear Channel</strong> talk radio newsroom during the Michaels-<strong>Gabe Hobbs</strong> era, knows this list by heart. (I certainly do.)</p>
<p>I give Michaels&#8217; list my highest rating: <a href="http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/memo-puts-wgn-news-staffers-at-a-loss-for-words/17374?utm_source=Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=c7e383afc5-TRI_03-11-2010&amp;utm_medium=email">Read It</a> and Heed It.</p>
<p>Thanks to <strong>Tom Taylor</strong> at <a href="http://www.radio-info.com/">Taylor on Radio</a> for the heads-up on this story.</p>
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