To the editor:
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Mr. [Richard] Wexler’s suggestion that the Chicago Tribune’s coverage of child welfare issues has been motivated by a desire to aggrandize itself [“The Children’s Crusade,” March 24] is irresponsible. And Mr. Wexler’s allegation that the Tribune deliberately set out to dismantle family preservation programs is equally spurious. In fact, as Michael Miner admirably points out elsewhere in the issue [Hot Type], it is Mr. Wexler, a champion of family preservation, who betrays his self-interest. Mr. Wexler himself grudgingly admits that the Tribune became more knowledgeable and nuanced as their coverage proceeded.
If only well-intentioned but myopic and self-interested parties such as Mr. Wexler, Mr. Wolf (of the ACLU) and Patrick Murphy would put their considerable egos aside, stop talking and listen with their hearts, as well as their minds, as the Tribune has allowed us to do through their sensitive coverage of these issues.
