Isn't landing the 2016 Olympics in Chicago supposed to be a big deal? Not to the city's dailies..

With Chicago being one of the four remaining candidates to host the 2016 Olympics, you'd think that Chicago's major daily newspapers would be on top of events relating to the Olympics. Guess again.

The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced that due to the bad economy they are making a 15 percent cut in their workforce to save $7.1 million. The International Herald Tribune also reported that USOC still plans to endorse Chicago for the 2016 summer games.

Since this news could have a huge impact on Chicago's bid, why aren't the Sun-Times or Tribune reporting this story?

There are Associated Press reports from the International Herald Tribune, The Guardian (UK), and ESPN, but there is nothing on either Chicago newspapers' site -- not on the local, national or world news pages at all.

Chicagogames.com, which is run through the Chicago Tribune, had a post today linking to the ESPN report, but this story wasn't posted anywhere on chicagotribune.com, and there isn't even a link to chicagogames.com in the Tribune's list of blogs.

With taxpayers worried about footing the bill and concerns of how Bronzeville residents will be affected with the Olympic village, shouldn't the Tribune and Sun-Times at least be posting the AP reports of the USOC budget cuts?

I hope to see the dailies break down what this means for Chicago in the next day or so, but if they don't feel mentioning it is even important, I wouldn't count on it.

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