Chicago politics

I’ll admit I’m only barely following it, but all that stuff in Illinois seems a little overblown, don’t you think?  I mean, News should be something unusual: a happening, occurrence, event, or occasion (if I correctly remember my studies).  That old adage: dog bites man, not news; man bites dog, however…

Well, without details, there’s accusations of corruption in Illinois politics.

This is news?

So, did the original newscast go something like this: “Tonight, corruption in Chicago politics.  Oh, and for some reason, the sun rose in the east today.  More at eleven.”