Analyzing Ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s Conviction: Feds Proved Corruption — But Why Did Accountability Take Decades? – WTTW (Chicago)

Whether Burke’s conviction will finally uproot Chicago’s culture of corruption is the “$64,000 question,” Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual said. “Alderman Burke obviously joins a long list of corrupt City Council (members). We are determined to continue to investigate these cases using any and all lawful tools at our disposal to ferret out that corruption.”
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Ataraxis
4 months ago

Why did WTTW not make zero tolerance of corruption a regular policy statement or feature of any WTTW production in the last 50 years?
Why did they not tell their audience in the Wilmette Talks To Winnetka area to not contribute or vote for corrupt politicians?

Reese
4 months ago
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Could it be that WTTW is Milquetoast and a little behind the times on the really ugly stuff. Stopped watching WTTW a long time ago.

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