I guess the only thing worse than writing about a politician getting a haircut is writing about the writers who wrote about a politician getting a haircut.

But here we are.

The headlines were odd, to say the least. ‘Doug Ford regrets getting $26 haircut from Wal-Mart’ and ‘Doug Ford haircut comes up short’ somehow made it to an editor.

Doug Ford sports new look after miscommunication with barber at Walmart https://t.co/ABzOY0rXnR

— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) March 22, 2023

I don’t know why I have to say this out loud, but this is not a story, unless you are beholden to the politician who got the haircut.

Oooooohhhhh! Ok, I get it now.

Imagine how the CBC would be eviscerated for the following headline: ‘Justin Trudeau gets his locks cut just in time for UN Summit.’ Every last conservative in this country would lose their shit.

And rightfully so.

'Shortest haircut I’ve ever had': Doug Ford sports new look after miscommunication with barber https://t.co/8Vskjw3JZ6

— CP24 (@CP24) March 21, 2023

I mean, it’s not like there are any worthwhile stories right now involving the Pinky Ring Premier. What pay-for-play with developers who own Green Belt land? What envelopes full of cash received at his daughters Stag N Doe? What responsibility during the convoy protests?

Doug Ford and the Art of Pinky Ring Politics @jamesdifiore https://t.co/uOGf99NYvK

— Dean Blundell🇨🇦 (@ItsDeanBlundell) March 20, 2023

Who needs to read about any of that when Ford gets a haircut?

At first I thought it was just Post Media outlets covering this story, but there was CP24, and then CTV, and then virtually every media outlet in this country who probably believe they are essential to Canadians.

The fucking guy got a haircut. That’s the story.

I could blather on for another 300 words, but why bother.

Eat it, Canadian media. Dicks.