Well, they still do.
The latest abomination was foisted upon the unsuspecting public this previous weekend. They shipped out with Sunday’s paper an insert… Their college football preview piece. Needless to say, this city is pretty jacked up about the rapidly approaching Boise State game vs the vaunted Ducks of Oregon down on the Blue. Obviously, there has been a lot of hype for this game during this past 8 months. Appropriately, they titled their guide “Hype”.
Now, I’m not critiqueing their content. It was good enough apart from some exceptionally lame “overrated” pieces on each page, (really? Bashing Twitter is not fresh) but I digress. No, I have a problem… wait, check that… I have NUMEROUS problems with the image they created for their cover.
For the record, I am NOT a designer. I think I have a marginal eye for design, but the designers I work with make me realize I have exactly ZERO skill compared to them. Wirestone has some of the best designers I have ever seen in their employ. Obviously, the Statesman does not.
Warning, the following image is so horrible, it could scar you for life.
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