Today we readers of the Day are invited to vote among several new “looks” for the Day, each of which is a variation on the USA Today theme of less is less. Each dedicates more space on the lead pages (not sure about inside pages) to useless graphics. Needless to say, “none of the above” is not an option.
Perhaps it doesn’t matter. Of late, the Day has been following the Courant’s lead in headlining fluff. Recently, for example, we were treated to a front page story about a local lad who felt compelled to realize himself by going into the trade of boxing. It is not clear why we dedicating one’s life to bashing and getting bashed merited a front page, and of course, adulatory story.
The sad thing about all this is that there is no excuse for the trivialization of journalism at the Day. It is owned by a charitable trust. One purpose of the trust was to:
“preserve the newspaper as, to paraphrase Bodenwein’s will, a protector of the public interest and defender of the people’s rights.”
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