We're Back, and Evil Still Prevails

Thank you for all your emails. We've been quiet for a while because the Bridgeport Headquarters of the Cubune Watch were closed for staff vacations, and we have to say, it was nice visiting democratic societies where free people benefit from a diverse and ethical media, and it's a little hard coming back to a city that's smothered by a monolithic mediocrity monopoly. We were also hoping justice would right itself in our absence, that the Force would be with us once again and the Dark Empire vanquished, but alas....

Upon our return, we did notice one very interesting change in the Chicago Tribune: bylines have now become part of headlines. On Sunday Derek Lee hit a game-winning home run and on Monday the Cubune headline read like this:

Lee, Cubs embrace playoff atmosphere,
motor to huge win, writes Paul Sullivan

And yes, just like that, with Paul Sullivan's name actually bigger and bolder than Derek Lee's name, even though Lee hit a game-winning homer and all Sully did was watch it fly and write that down.

We have to assume Derek still gets the bigger, bolder paycheck, but who knows? Now that the Tribune is being booted out of the baseball business maybe they're planning to put all their marketing energies into commodifying their reporters. Maybe Dave van Dyck will end his stories (and when we say stories, we really do mean stories, as in fiction) with a hop and a heart thump. Can't wait.