It’s especially amazing to me to look at the state of the pamphlet they themselves loosely call a ‘newspaper’; The Metro. On a regular basis, I find grammar that could only have been minced by a brazen unregulated spell-check. Keep in mind a near 50% of this product is full page ads, and that’s not including the half and quarter page ads the actual content is on (seriously 14 out of 30 pages).
I’m pretty sure there’s no consideration between content and the ad that sits beside it. Witness the dating page section (page 15 for today May 4th) hosting a picture of a happy couple clad in dripping wet bathing suits, man holding woman up in his arms, both embracing in profile- staring at the camera caught in an ecstatic mid laugh. Next to this picture in 32 pixel font- “NO MORE CONSTIPATION HEMORRHOIDS OR GAS!”
What worries me is that this shill of a paper is consulted more often than not, that some won’t see it as the trashy biased piece of …. Digression. I have yet to count the number of times “call now for your risk free drug trial!” appears but I’m positive it’s over 30. What I’m trying to say is hey, its ok to read the Metro just don’t READ the metro, realize its not real news. Free is a great price, until you realize you’re getting what you’re paying for. I mean they ARE giving it away arent they?
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