Judging from what is there, however, it seems like the blog encourages the kind of healthy skepticism and independent judgment that underlie good journalism and investigative journalism in particular. (And that today’s readers — and even some editors — seem not to exhibit much of.)

You don’t expect investigative journalists to crank out a new piece each day, do you?

In my experience, at least from the very little that I saw, some bullies are on there all day and every day, like it’s their job. I have my doubts that some of them are not on Topix.com payroll. As a matter of fact, I know for a fact that Topix changed a comment to something meant to inflame the people reading and keep the fight going. When I complained about going to the authorities, they started visiting my blog.

Too many people have correctly commented that it is a cess pool. After reading Chris Tolles comment, the first one on this page, as if he was biting at the bit to say something, it’s no surprise.

It’s my guess that Chris Tolles is the biggest bully of them all and he’s given like minded bullies, racists, pedophiles and homophobes a platform to do their worst.

Will they divide up the shriveled-up empire — and to whom? What might that mean? Good news to be free of Chicago or bad news to be bought by some penny-pincher needing to pay off the purchase price?

If bankruptcy is to protect the company from its legitimate creditors, what happens when they are finally satisfied?
Anything from business history/experience that might project what’s next?