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...others point to Koppel's selflessness which, four years ago, led him to transfer his resignation to ABC News so that he could stay at home while his wife returned to school. These observers praise the program, even as they question some of its techniques and weaknesses. Mike Royko, a columnist for the Chicago tribune who has been a guest on "Nightline," says that he felt "a little uncomfortable" with the electronic connections...
...Royko, who occasionally takes a swipe at television news in his column, says that "Nightline" is "informative." A frequent guest on the show. Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of law, agrees that live television is the best medium for "Nightline." "There's a dynamism about bringing controversy to TV," he says...
...Tribune has shed almost completely a tradition of Midwestern Republican dogmatism, and it covers Chicago's tumultuous Democratic machine fairly. Among the paper's stars are Columnists Bob Greene, who specializes in offbeat portraits of ordinary people, and Mike Royko, a Chicago institution who jumped to the Trib along with about a dozen others when Australian Press Lord Rupert Murdoch took over its tabloid rival, the Sun-Times...
...example, or that 20% of Jesse Jackson's black voters had registered within the past several months-but the statistics belie the often impulsive, unarticulated motives for voting. Last week, in an effort to restore some mystery and fun to the electoral process, Chicago Tribune Columnist Mike Royko offered some advice to voters confronted by exit pollsters. "Don't give them one honest answer," he wrote. "When they ask you why you voted for Hart, say it is because he is so mature and serious that he reminds you of your grandfather. Or say you voted for Mondale...
...LETTER" days of Chicago journalism ended years ago, when Royko's old paper, the financially crippled Chicago Daily News, folded. The Sun-Times has had its troubles recently as well; circulation has dropped. But Murdoch's fortune--his "News Corporation" reported assets in excess of $200 million in 1980--and his loyalty to the Post--which hasn't shown a profit in seven years--suggests that the Sun-Times will be around for a while even if the times get tougher...