DOES THE TITLE OF THIS ONE MAKE YOU LAUGH?
It made me laugh.
I wish them luck.
But I wouldn't bet on their being successful
Chicago Tribune Announces Anti-Corruption Campaign
February 16, 2009
editorandpublisher.com
CHICAGO The Chicago Tribune, on the front page of its Sunday newspaper, announced it would use its news and editorial pages to launch a "campaign against the Illinois culture of political sleaze."
The move comes as Illinois has one former governor, George Ryan, behind bars on a corruption conviction and another former governor, Rod Blagojevich, newly impeached and facing possible federal charges on accusations he tried to sell a U.S Senate seat.
"We've surrendered too much of government in Illinois -- too much of our responsibility -- to crooks and opportunists," the newspaper wrote in an editorial.
Among the focuses of the campaign, the Tribune said in the editorial, is to attack secrecy in government, entice state and local prosecutors to pursue public corruption and empower law-abiding public servants to help make Illinois more honest and fair.
The Tribune also told readers they need to "demand better" from their public officials.
"From now on, let's judge our elected officials by their effectiveness or impotence at delivering reform," the editorial read. "Enough with 'effort.' Illinois needs results."
"Never in our lifetimes, though, has a scandal left that culture so vulnerable to the threat of real reform," the Sunday editorial read. "Those of us at the Tribune promise our best effort to make that reform happen. Together, let's not squander this unique and emboldening moment."
The Chicago Tribune Media Group includes the Chicago Tribune, ChicagoTribune.com, RedEye, Hoy and Chicago Magazine. Its parent company, Chicago-based Tribune Co., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December amid multibillion-dollar debt and falling ad revenue. |
