ATDTDA (17): Reporting officer C. Marin (477.25)

[Mark Kohut]

I shout out for Cheech Marin.....that Chicago gal is a dead ender...imho...

kelber at mindspring.com wrote:  Could also be a reference to Cheech Marin of Cheech and Chong.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Strzechowski 

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>Possibly continuing the Chicago connection, Pynchon is perhaps making reference to longtime Chicago journalist Carol Marin (pronounced like "marine"). Note the accent over the "i" in Pynchon's text.
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>Carol Marin began her career in Chicago in 1978 as an anchor and reporter for WMAQ-TV, where her hard-hitting journalism focused on investigations of political and judicial corruption, organized crime, and the government. 
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>By 1997, with a George Foster Peabody award, National Emmy award, an Alfred I. duPont Columbia University award, and a National UPI Reporter of the Year award, Marin had been established as one of the city's leading journalists. 
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>At this time, she joined the WBBM-TV news team and continued her work on investigative and political stories.
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>Marin worked as a correspondent for CBS News from 1997-2002 working on such shows as 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II, The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, and 48 Hours. 
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>Marin departed CBS and became a columnist for the Chicago Tribune in 2003. 
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>In 2004, Marin returned to NBC5 as an investigative reporter and is currently a political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. In 2006, she took over the political editor spot at NBC5. She is also the co-director for the DePaul Documentary Project and is President and CEO of her production company, Marin Corp Productions.
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>http://www.nbc5.com/meetthenewsteam/2899576/detail.html
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Marin
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>Sadly, she doesn't make Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl's Top Ten Newsbabes:
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>http://www.dahl.com/lists/news_babes_05.asp
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