accountable. just a couple of weeks ago on the program, we talked to bill kelly, william kelly, a reporter out in chicago. his press pass was revoked by the city of chicago he is famous for asking the mayor hard questions. pulling the press credentials for every news outfit. you will not be able to hear the police scanner anymore. here is what he told us about the mayor on november 23rd. i was asking the obvious questions. and as she lost her temper every single time. the videos went viral. millions of comments, likes and shares. but now mayor lightfoot is in re-election mode and she doesn t want any more embarrassing questions to go viral, so she revoked my media credential. and i m telling you right now, steve. this is a very serious constitutional crisis in the city of chicago and she wants
timely, accurate, potentially life-saving news to you. they said there was a shooting at a courthouse there. the perpetrator fired more than 40 shots in expressway. the city of chicago prevented from you knowing about this dangerous incident by blocking all of our live scanner transmissions. also another guy with a rifle walking down the street at west poolman neighborhood. and chicago police said we they said we are not able to alert the public what is hang. also around dinnertime people returning home from work and children returning home from school. steve: that s what the local affiliate in chicago wrote. but, a coalition of media outfits wrote in part we ask to meet in person with the city to further address these issues. but despite multiple attempts, mayor lori lightfoot flatly refuses to discuss the matter. in short, the mayor s decision to restrict our ache sells to scanner channels will harm our ability to keep you, our readers and viewers and listeners safe and informed.
to, you know, win this case against me and then expand this attack on the first amendment to all the reporters who ask her real questions or any reporter nationally who would dare to ask a real question of a powerful politician. will: last couple of years comes to elections or covid or crime is if you can t control reality, can you control the perception of reality. and what is happening in chicago now, what we can see from mayor lori lightfoot is she is not going to control that crime crisis. but in an attempt to win re-election, she is going to control the minds of chicagoans as to exactly what is happening in their state. ainsley: a way for her to control law know and don t know. if you don t know all the crime, then you are in the dark. and she looks better if the crime numbers are down or if you don t media is not able to report it. steve: a blackout. a news blackout. will: let s head over to carley with some news. carley: yes, exactly. staying with the crime crisis here