Ever heard of the Rayne (Louisiana) Independent? No? Same here and we used to pride ourselves on knowing pretty much every newspaper with an 8,000 circulation and above. Rayne, a city with a population of just 8,500 in 2000, is known as the ‘Frog Capital of the World.’ As you can tell, it’s an outpost. It’s just another exit on I-10. However, the town’s newspaper is about to get national attention over what ran in today’s edition.
Twitter user @JL_Reports somehow got her hands on the paper and found this tidbit buried at the end of a softball story. Who added the part about the coach’s “bullshit and laziness?” Jeannine says the piece doesn’t have a byline.
The paper also doesn’t have a website, Twitter account but does have a boring Facebook account with no mention of any “bullshit.”
It’s a shame, too, because this is exactly what newspapers need to earn themselves some buzz.