I read this little slice of bullshit at work today. Here's what I find wrong about this story in this free "newspaper"... First, they claim to have the widest spread of any paper in Halifax. Here's what is so wrong with that statement: it's free and handed out to anyone who gets off a bus in the morning. It's like saying air has the widest use of any inhaled substance. It's ubiquity, coupled with the fact that it's free means it's gonna have that sort of readership. Secondly, and finally, they make the wild conclusion that the newspaper industry is stronger than ever. Apparently 69% of Canadians read a newspaper each day. Again, ubiquity would lend to that statistic. The reason why it annoys me so much is that the entire article reads like a giant advert for Metro. It's not news to tout your own newspaper on the front page, especially when it ends in a line like this: "Readers and advertisers alike turn to Metro first every day for information, ideas and inspiration.". But, I read the paper, and that makes me just a another numb-skull that reads Metro and lends to the so-called thriving newspaper business. What a load.

---Halifax Hates Its Daily Metro Fix