The Bench: Giving You the Finger

Never doubt The Bench. It's been eight days since The Bench told readers that Chicago Alderman Joe Moore cut off his finger. You did not believe The Bench. Shame on you. Perhaps you will believe the best darned report in the Sun-Times News Group, Lorraine Swanson, who writes:

Moore was invited by the community advocacy group to serve as an honorary crossing guard but was unable to report to duty because of a weekend accident where he had nearly severed off a fingertip pruning a tree branch in his back yard.

Okay, the entire finger did not come off. But it was breaking news, and like any news outlet, be it little ol' me or Fox News, developing stories are never complete and often slightly off. But some of you accused The Bench of fabricating the whole thing. Tsk tsk. Would you like cheese with your crow?