AJC and Hartford Courant not covering Super Bowl

I'd say nothing surprises me in the current climate -- but this certainly surprises me.

 

that really sums it up perfectly

 

Over the last few years there have been similar things like papers not covering the Masters and the Final Fours, but this is the most stunning I've heard.

 

Devil's Advocate, again, but does anyone know the AJC's deadlines? I think we all know the Super Bowl is not a speedy game. Is it worth sending someone down there for a Super Bowl that will be more than adequately covered by the AP to end up getting Web-only coverage anyway?

 

It doesn't seem to bother every other eastern newspaper that is still covering the game.

 

Well, not every newspaper on the East Coast did that fucked up reorg that the AJC did a couple years ago.

And not all papers have the same deadline. In Richmond, our final deadline was 11:30.

 

Yep. We have two writers and a columnist there.

 

I'd be surprised if anyone from the Indy Star is there.

 

Kickoff is at 6:28 p.m. ET. Even with the extra commercials and twice-as-long halftime, I imagine they'd be fine. Deadline-wise, this is a whole different animal than the BCS title game or the World Series, just to name two.

 

A travesty. May as well be a suburban shopper.

 

If you go to the Indy Star website, you would be hard-pressed to find a single Super Bowl article written this week. I'm still betting the beat writer is there, otherwise it would have made the E&P story. Maybe he's going down later in the week.