To the editors.
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Byrne’s idea that the owner of a newspaper should concern itself with morality is as anachronistic as the noble quotations carved into the walls of the lobby of Tribune Tower where Byrne innocently “. . . thought the guardian of the City’s good taste and virtue was ensconced . . .”
Tesser admits “–that there’s something troubling about Harry Caray’s marriage of the ‘Bud man’ logo to his ‘Cub fan’ image–” and there is. That marriage was made higher up. Caray just chanted the litany, and it’s sad. On Feb. 28, ’88, Caray was reported by Irv Kupcinet as opposing lights for Wrigley Field. Now Caray, who only sang “Take me out to the ballgame,” joins the chorus in singing the Tribune Co. song.
The Apocrypha tells of Judah the (hammer) Maccabee whose victory over the Greco-Syrians is commemorated by Festival of Lights I. Speculation on how Tribune Co. bludgeoned all those branches of government into submission would be apocryphal; the means that brought Festival of Light II may never be brought to light.
