Bob Greene
In September, 2002, longtime Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene resigned under pressure, after revelations that he had once had sex with a high school girl he met on the job. Some Daze weblog items about the ensuing scandal:
Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene resigned last week after revelations that he had once had sex with a teenage girl whom he met while reporting a story. Greene had been with the Tribune for 20+ years and specialized in treacly human interest stories. I didn't bother posting the original news item, because the public sexual humiliation of third-tier celebrities doesn't interest me much. But several interesting commentaries about Greene's forced resignation have appeared since: blog entries by John Scalzi and Tony Pierce, a barrage of letters at Jim Romenesko's Media News, and a followup article at the Chicago Tribune itself.
Neil Steinberg, who used to write the monthly mocking BobWatch column for alt-weekly Chicago Reader, weighs in on the Bob Greene sex scandal at Salon. Steinberg does a pretty good job of explaining Greene's style and persona for non-Chicagoans.
