Toronto Mayor Rob Ford took to the airwaves Sunday and criticized the very radio station on which he was broadcasting — Newstalk 1010.

On his weekly show "The City" with his brother Councillor Doug Ford, the mayor discussed his recent trip to Chicago and took time to slam the media's coverage of the mission.

The mayor has had a rough couple of weeks, with the media reporting that Ford has been using office resources to help run a high school football team he coaches and that he recently made a request to fast-track repairs to the road outside his family's business.

Ford was also mocked by the press during the Chicago trip for mixing up Winnipeg and Windsor and for telling reporters to "go home."

Early in his Newtalk 1010 program, Ford reiterated an earlier assertion that the trip to Chicago "didn't cost the taxpayers a dime."

While the mayor did pay his own way to Chicago, eight councillors who travelled with Ford are expected to put the the trip on their office budgets.

The mayor's brother seemed to hint soon after that the trip wouldn't be exactly cost free for taxpayers.

"The economic development department, we said from the beginning, within their budget you have to bring the ECDEV people and you have to bring a couple staffers."

It was after Newstalk ran a promotional piece during commercials that suggested Ford's expense claims were untrue that the mayor and his brother really let the media have it (you can find the audio of the exchange here).

"We've done more in this administration than any other administration ever has and then the media, I don't know what they want, I guess they want a bankruptcy, I guess they want a ghost town," the mayor said.

Councillor Ford interrupted to share his own assessment of Toronto's journalists. "They have this sense of entitlement, the media, that they can go in and write the stories, and let me say something folks, when you go back at the media, man, they're like a bunch of little sucky little kids."

"They are," the mayor agreed.

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"They whine and cry and moan and they sensationalize and they lie through their teeth," Councillor Ford said.

"They're pathological liars, that's what drives me nuts. Even today, we talk about an hour on Chicago and now these guys come out and put advertising on about expenses. They don't even know what the expenses are because the councillors said (inaudible). This is all going to balance out at the end and I'm going to stick to what I said, it's not costing taxpayers a dime. The bills haven't even come in folks," the mayor said.

The Ford brothers then went on to say that even Chicago's media couldn't believe the coverage Canadian journalists were giving the trip.

Councillor Ford said journalists from The Wall Street Journal and Chicago Tribune asked "what is wrong with your media? They're embarrassing your city."

"It's true, they said that," the mayor agreed.

It seems the Ford brothers missed the NBC Chicago column on the trip which ran with the headline "Big, Obnoxious Toronto Mayor Visits Chicago, Blends In Too Well."

Newstalk 1010 has generally been favourable in their coverage of the Ford brothers. Host Jerry Agar even recently wrote a column praising the trip to Chicago.

The mayor was conciliatory as he ended the show, heaping praise on the station.

Users on Twitter speculated that biting the hand that metaphorically feeds them might not be the wisest move for the Brothers Ford.

Many users posted links to a Toronto Star story highlighting a number of inaccuracies in the mayor's talk show statements.

Maybe we'll hear Ford clear those facts up on next week's program.

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  • Toronto City Mayor Rob Ford watches players from Don Bosco Eagles, the High School team he coaches, warm up before they compete against the Huron Heights Warriors in the Metro Cup in Toronto on Tuesday November 27, 2012 Those whose antics threaten to besmirch the party name normally don't get a second chance with Canada's federal Conservatives. Not so, it would seem, for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

  • Toronto City Mayor Rob Ford reacts after Don Bosco Eagles, the High School team he coaches, lost 28-14 to Huron Heights Warriors in the Metro Cup in Toronto on Tuesday November 27, 2012.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford hoists the Grey Cup on stage with Toronto Argonauts players while celebrating the team's Grey Cup victory in downtown Toronto on Tuesday, Nov.27, 2012.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford addresses reporters at City Hall in Toronto on Tuesday November 27, 2012.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford speaks to his Don Bosco Eagles team during the Metro Bowl quarter-final at Birchmount Park in Toronto, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, left, speaks to the media at city hall in Toronto, Monday, Nov.26, 2012. Ford has been ordered out of office after a judge ruled Monday he broke conflict of interest rules.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, right, walks to attend a toy charity event at city hall in Toronto, Monday, Nov.26, 2012. Ford has been ordered out of office after a judge ruled Monday he broke conflict of interest rules.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford talks to media at city hall in Toronto, Monday, Nov.26, 2012.Ford has been ordered out of office after a judge ruled Monday he broke conflict of interest rules.

  • <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/21/rob-ford-fall-gif-video_n_2170653.html">Rob Ford was at an event to promote the Grey Cup when he fell while hamming it up for the press. A GIF of the fall went viral on the Internet</a>.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, right, makes a few remarks as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel listens, before the pair signed a new "sister cities" agreement Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Chicago.

  • Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, makes a light hearted comment as Toronto Mayor Rob Ford laughs during the signing of a new "sister cities" declaration Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Chicago.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits on the back of Chicago's First Lady as he takes in an architectural boat tour on the Chicago River Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Ford was visiting the city on a Toronto-Chicago Business Mission.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, top left, relaxes during a boat tour with members of the Toronto-Chicago Business Mission on the Chicago River waterfront Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Chicago.

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, top right, waves to photographers during a boat tour with members of the Toronto-Chicago Business Mission on the Chicago River waterfront Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Chicago.

  • Rob Ford Meets Butter Rob Ford

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/31/rob-ford-butter-sculpture-ex-cne_n_1846616.html" target="_hplink">Toronto Mayor Rob Ford comes face to face with a butter sculpture of himself at the Canadian National Exhibition</a>.

  • Butter Rob Ford

    As part of an exhibition at the CNE, Toronto-based artist Olenka Kleban has made a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/24/butter-rob-ford-sculpture_n_1828527.html" target="_hplink">butter sculpture of Toronto's mayor</a>.

  • Dave Chappelle And Rob Ford

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/22/dave-chappelle-rob-ford_n_1822240.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-politics" target="_hplink">Comedian Dave Chappelle met briefly with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford</a> on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012

  • <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/14/rob-ford-reading-driving-car-gardiner_n_1776183.html" target="_hplink">Rob Ford is seen reading while driving</a> in this photo from Twitter.

  • <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/30/rob-ford-will-ferrell-zach-galifianakis-sketch_n_1719420.html" target="_hplink">Rob Ford meets with comedic actors Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis</a>.

  • Rob Ford poses with neo-Nazi Jon Latvis. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/26/rob-ford-nazi-photo_n_1707326.html?utm_hp_ref=canada" target="_hplink">Ford's office has explained Toronto's mayor was unaware of the man's beliefs when the image was captured</a>.

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  • Rob Ford's ballet debut

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (left) and city councillor Michelle Berardinetti (right) smile on stage during a performance of the Nutcracker in Toronto on Saturday, December 10, 2011. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit)

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  • Rob Ford's ballet debut

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acts on stage dressed as a Cannon Doll during a performance of the Nutcracker in Toronto on Saturday, December 10, 2011. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit)

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  • Rob Ford's ballet debut

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford jumps on stage dressed as a Cannon Doll during a performance of the Nutcracker in Toronto on Saturday, December 10, 2011. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit)

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