In today's Chicago Sun-Times, media reporter Robert Feder writes:
It's supposed to be a secret that the mainstream media are in the tank for Democrats, Allison. Didn't you get the memo?
Anchor's cheering section
• • Chicago reporters covering the Democratic Convention in Denver were stunned to witness WGN-Channel 9's Allison Payne cheering and applauding for speakers Wednesday night while she was seated with the Illinois delegation in the Pepsi Center.Chicago reporters were probably not taken aback by Payne's enthusiasm for the Democrats, but by her showing it so publicly.
The veteran newswoman has been co-anchoring convention coverage for the Tribune Co.-owned station.
Earlier in the week, Payne was quoted in the Chicago Tribune apologizing to viewers for her bizarre performance on Channel 9's 9 p.m. newscast Aug. 21. "I was not drunk," she said.
She attributed her slurred speech and erratic behavior to a series of ministrokes.
It's supposed to be a secret that the mainstream media are in the tank for Democrats, Allison. Didn't you get the memo?
