Bruce Levine (Photo: WTTW/Chicago Tonight)

Robservations on the media beat:

Veteran Chicago sports reporter Bruce Levine, who’s been off the grid since he posted a controversial tweet on August 23, is expected to return this week as baseball insider on Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM, insiders said Monday. Under a seemingly innocuous tweet reporting that outfielder Ian Miller had been recalled by the Chicago Cubs, Levine attached a photoshopped image of President Donald Trump with a lewd comment about Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. It’s not clear how the image became linked to Levine’s tweet, but friends insisted it was out of character for the longtime journalist and must have been a mistake. Within moments of posting, Levine deleted the offending tweet and quickly followed with a mea culpa: “Apologies for a picture that was sent. I have zero political agenda.” Since then neither Levine nor his bosses at The Score and Marquee Sports Network have commented on the matter. Continue reading →