The Chicago Tribune Murdered the Truth

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The Tribune Murdered the Truth

by David Protess, Huffington Post

This is my confession.

Although I read the opinion pages of several publications every day, I never glance at editorials in the Chicago Tribune. It's not a matter of principle. They're boring.

The subjects are predictable, the writing uninspired and the solutions squarely inside the box. And, frankly, on the rare occasions I can find six quarters for the rickety metal stand near my Oak Park home, it has to be shaken violently like a vending machine to get its disappointing bounty.

But I broke with precedent on Oct. 29 when a friend told me he heard from another friend about a Trib editorial that he thought might interest me. "Who Committed Murder?" the editorial's headline blared. Its focus was on a double homicide of a young couple that led to the conviction and near-execution of Anthony Porter in 1998. Porter was freed after another man, Alstory Simon, confessed to the slayings on videotape...

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[gopiscrap]

1. The Chicago Tribune always murders the truth

Remember "Dewey Defeats Truman"

[LegalScholar]

2. Hey gopiscrap

I wonder if the edition with the Alstory Simon editorial will one day be worth $2,500 like "Dewey Defeats Truman"? Maybe we should hunt down copies ASAP?

[gopiscrap]

3. interesting thought

when I was a kid I collected baseball cards and one day a scout for the Boston Red Sox gave me a box of old baseball cards. One of them was worth 1,650.00 every time I wanted to go on vacation when I was in college, I sold cards.

[Laelth]

4. Welcome to DU. n/t

-Laelth

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5. Thanks!

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6. Shameless Self Bump