Blagojevich helping to save the Tribune?

Both Eric and I had the same reaction: "Wow! Old School! A bribery and corruption scandal."

I mean, really, no inappropriate texting to interns, no sex with young boys, no airport bathrooms--just good old-fashioned "pay-to-play." Guys wearing wires and tapping phones and not-so-veiled hints that someone should take out a newspaper editor. Da Chicago way.

Loves it.

And a moment , if you please, for the Tribune, whose parent company made news by filing for bankruptcy just yesterday. This should boost their circulation numbers and give them some cred.

"It's like a Brian dePalma period piece!" says Eric.

Here's what the Tribune had to say:

"Tribune Editor Gerould W. Kern said today that the newspaper delayed publishing some stories at the request of the U.S. attorney's office during the course of reporting on the accelerating investigation of Blagojevich.

'On occasion, prosecutors asked us to delay publication of stories, asserting that disclosure would jeopardize the criminal investigation.' Kern said. 'In isolated instances, we granted the requests, but other requests were refused.'"

The Tribune has published this helpful timeline which should assist the Pulitzer Committee in evaluating the storyline.