It’s hard work, but someone has to do it. The Hartford Courant has made great strides in trivializing the news. It has its sight set on even greater depths, aiming toward a fifty-fifty mix of ads and news-lite. Today, the Norwich Bulletin proved it was up to the challenge. It’s had lots of practice, of course, being as it’s a Gannet paper, and all. Still, today’s achievement in front page triviality was stunning in its sheer bravado.
There, right on the front page of today’s “paper”, (on today’s website too), in big, bold letters, was this headline: Griswold man may have world’s largest spittoon collection.
I’ve got to hand it to the Bulletin. The reporter did her homework, having contacted a tobacco museum down South to ascertain that the Griswold man’s collection was larger than that of the museum.
Now we will find out: is the Courant up to the challenge. Can it find something even more trivial, perhaps even more ridiculous sounding, to grace its front page? Stay tuned.
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