With all the candidate diaries, I feel like we can use a little time-out from those. So, in other news...
I love newspapers, especially when there is a legitimate rivalry. One of the best, from my biased point of view, is the one between the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times.
The Trib is by far the larger paper, but the Sun-Times is a very strong competitor, especially within the city limits. The Trib is conservative (understatement); the Sun-Times is, well, not. The Trib is read by monied suburbanites; the Sun-Times is read by gritty blue collar and liberal city folks. Trib readers ride the Metra trains with their bar cars and double-decks; Sun-Times readers are on the El or the bus.
And sometimes, the Sun-Times just can't win for losing.
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