Coronavirus: Australian newspaper prints extra pages to help out in toilet paper shortage

Coronavirus: Australian newspaper prints extra pages to help out in toilet paper shortage

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/mar/05/australian-newspaper-prints-extra-pages-to-help-out-in-toilet-paper-shortage?&te=1&nl=coronavirus-briefing&emc=edit_cb_20200306&campaign_id=154&instance_id=16566&segment_id=21962&user_id=6d02106d74d1b777cf2232e46da82a4a®i_id=103169113

Excerpt: One newspaper has gone one step further by printing extra pages in its editions to help out those who have been … caught short. On Thursday the NT News, the Darwin-based newspaper with a national reputation for its headlines and antics, printed a special eight-page insert that can be cut into toilet paper. Its editor, Matt Williams, told Guardian Australia the paper was selling well and was “certainly not a crappy edition.” “We are a newspaper known around the world who understands the needs of our readers,” he said. “Territorians … are in great need of toilet paper right now so we had to deliver what they needed.” The stunt comes after supermarkets including Coles and Woolworths have been besieged by shoppers clearing their shelves of loo paper and hand sanitiser. [What a...revolting development! Isn't this in the “read’em and laugh” category? Ron P.]