We are rooting for America’s Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper. We really are. But can’t it do better than re-publishing humor columns? Jim Shea has voluntarily moved on to the Hearst papers after a long, successful run at the Courant. So let’s fill that vacuum. It makes Hartford feel a little less than au courant when we’re served up recycled columns while a whole world of fresh hilarity is out there for the reading (including what Jim is now writing for other CT newspapers).
We’re not going to search The Laurel for previous mentions, but we like to remind the world of the plural nature of The Media: as in “The media ARE loving Donald Trump,” not “The media IS loving Donald Trump.” The media are not one thing. An example: Former Today Show anchor Ann Curry got a starring role in Nicholas Kristof’s Sunday New York Times column and in our humble opinion, blew it:
“Trump is not just an instant ratings/circulation/clicks gold mine; he’s the motherlode,” Ann Curry, the former “Today” anchor, told me. “He stepped on to the presidential campaign stage precisely at a moment when the media is struggling against deep insecurities about its financial future. The truth is, the media has needed Trump like a crack addict needs a hit.”
Finally – if you are subjecting yourself to political coverage during this presidential campaign, count how many times you hear an interviewee or roundtable panelist start his or her answer with “Look…”
