/* The risks and benefits of so-called payday lending are certainly worthwhile of media coverage, and genuine instances of fraud or exploitation are and should be fodder for criticism in the print media. But it helps when your highlighted victim actually has good credit to start with and/or isn't consistently turning to Internet loans. */Same old story with Judeo-liberal newspapers like the Chicago Tribune: Shift the blame from the protected group to the targeted group -- as long as you don't own the targeted group. This kind of lame partisanship cheapens what should have been an open-and-shut case against companies that openly practice usury.How about an investigation of complaints against some of Tribune CEO Sam Zell's real estate and banking interests? Somehow, I doubt the Chicago Tribune is going to go there:'Zell, with Robert Lurie went on to found the Equity Group Investments, LLC, which spawned three real estate public companies, including: Equity Residential, the largest apartment owner in the United States; Equity Office Properties, the largest office owner in the country; and Manufactured Home Communities, a mobile home company. In addition, Zell has created a number of public and private companies. He also controls SZ Investments LLC as his investment arm.Zell is also Chairman of Capital Trust Inc., a finance and investment management company focused on the commercial real estate industry, and Anixter International, the world's largest distributor of communication products and electrical and electronic wire and cable.Recently, the Blackstone Group completed its purchase of Zell's Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 billion,[4] and sold off many of the portfolio's properties for record amounts.[5]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zell'
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