Burying the Bomb
The Sun-Times wasn’t the only paper to misjudge the news. The New York Times put its version of the AP story on page 22 of the national edition on December 6, and plenty of other papers didn’t think the story deserved page one. The Tribune properly topped its front page with the headline “9/11 panel: U.S. not safe,” but it still fell short. The Tribune borrowed its story from the Washington Post, and there was no sidebar covering the Chicago angle–as if a report giving the government a D for cargo and luggage screening and an F for communication between first responders didn’t suggest one. Papers in other cities quoted former Illinois governor Jim Thompson, a member of the panel, but on December 6 the Chicago papers didn’t.
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The last vestige of Chicago’s hallowed City News Bureau disappears at the end of the year, when the Tribune pulls the plug on its New City News Service.
Cook checked it out and gave copies to his players for Christmas. The book didn’t hurt. Nebraska’s always strong in volleyball. This year’s team wound up 33-2 and played for the national championship.
