The sensational divorce trial of local bank tycoon R. Lewis Rutter veered from “threatened tragedy to pure comedy” and from the “pathetic” to the “ridiculous.” Not that The Spokesman-Review minded.The paper was covering this trial with yards of copy every day, and on the final day of testimony the front page headline blared, “Mrs. Rutter Bares Family Secrets.”/Jim Kershner, SR. More here.

Question: Good or bad that newspapers don't cover divorces like they used to?

 

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