I generally refrain from commenting on the Chicago Sun-Times, my former employer, because I'm not very objective. But I have no trouble saying that the Sun-Times has the filthiest newsroom I ever worked in, which means it was worse than Albany, Schenectady and even Middletown, N.Y. While it's true that trash was picked up a few times a week, the floors were strewn with debris that remained in place for weeks or months. During a "remodeling" in the early 1990s, cigarette ashes were found around the old copy desk, where smoking hadn't been allowed for years.
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