Trib sat on Blagojevich wiretap story

[Clerk Typist]

Meanwhile, John McCormick has a job for life, if he wants it.

 

[toomanycookies]

If you are getting tips from the governor over who he is going to name to a Senate seat, are you a bad journalist for posting them in your gossip column?

Beyond that, you might want to ask and satisfactorily answer a question to yourself: Why would the governor be leaking names (not just one, but various) to me for this Senate appointment -- might he have something to gain from it?

I imagine the columnist asked this question, as we all do. Anyone who leaks information to us has something to gain. They don't do it out of the goodness of their heart. But I think she probably knew the answer to that question and decided to write what was leaked anyway for the benefit of a good story.

 

[Paper Dragon]

"presumably Zell"

That's sort of a dangerous presumption, isn't it?

 

[Ace]

"presumably Zell"

That's sort of a dangerous presumption, isn't it?

Perhaps. I think if there is a bus that the media can toss Zell under, they're gonna do it, though.