The head of a national alliance of fairly corrupt politicians told a hastily assembled Passaic, New Jersey news conference that corruption would not increase markedly in cities that were losing their daily newspapers due to changes in the media industry.
"The temptation would be great," Angelo O'Reilly, Chair of the National Alliance of Fairly Corrupt Politicians, told reporters. "I mean, without you guys watching us, why not steal everything that isn't nailed down? But that would be wrong."
O'Reilly said that additional corruption is "inevitable" as local daily newspapers fade away.
"I mean, who's gonna report on us?" O'Reilly asked. "Craigslist?"
Even though temptation would exist to act in increasingly greedy, selfish and illegal ways, "We have to remember that there are still wire services and local TV news," O'Reilly said. "So we have to keep our increased levels of corruption from going through the ceiling."
O'Reilly pointed out that not every politician was corrupt, and that his organization existed in order to remind Americans that "a little greed was okay once in a while."
"We'll miss newspaper reporters," O'Reilly said. "Well, maybe for about a month or two. And then after that, we'll be able to steal anything we want with near-total impunity. As for myself, I can hardly wait."
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