The Tribune...and the world-class city

Here's one we surprisingly have never discussed here (at least from what I can remember): world class cities usually list a world-class newspaer as one of their assets. the NY Times, LA Times, Wash Post add luster to their cities, in a way that unfortunately the LA Times' owner, our Chicago Tribune, does not. So let's look at the Tribune today. It is obviously a far better paper than it was in the issolationist, blatantly pro-American era prior to WWII. It has gotten as post "DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN" as the White Sox have gotten past the Black Sox. It has acquired parts of the defunct Daily News and the more struggling Sun Times over the years. It can be read by more liberal Chicagoans today without any need for gagging while doing so. But it "ain't up there" yet. Could it be? Could the Trib evolve into something more high powered, more investigative along the lines of the Post, more delving into so many areas of interest like the NY Times. Can the Trib join its counterparts in NY, DC, LA with that elusive quality of "greatness"???? WHERE DO YOU SEE THE TRIB TODAY...AS COMPARED TO ITS PAST, AS COMPARED TO AMERICA'S GREAT NEWSPAPERS, AS HOW IT RELATES AND ENHANCES A WORLD CLASS CITY???>