Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg skewers Chicago Tribune coverage of Arafat’s death:
Before we leave Arafat, someone should observe how his death caused TV stations to go into Full Lady Di Grief Mode. As surprising as this was, the biggest shock came from our competitor. I know the Chicago Tribune is hopelessly biased against Israel. But even knowing that, never could I have imagined that it would publish on its front page a giant full-color PLO press office photo of Arafat looking like a Yosef Karsh portrait — a cross between Churchill and Albert Schweitzer. I need to slide by Tribune Tower to see if the flag is at half mast, or the doorway draped with black bunting. Maybe they’re saving that for the funeral.
Here’s the Trib’s Arafat bio.
