New low? I think so.

[bentbacktulips]

There was a copy of Metro open on the bus floor today.

In it, there was a headline which ended in a question mark.

fuckers.

Comments

[number_09]

Ummm.... So?

[bentbacktulips]

It's frustratingly bad journalism.

I wouldn't mind the free dailies so much if they at least tried.

[palebluedots]

They don't. Did you see the wrap-around, see-through, "innovative" Rogers cell phone ad that covered the front page of Dose a year or so back?

[bentbacktulips]

I didn't see that. It sounds horrid, though.

Dose, though, at least did not present itself as a newspaper.

Metro not only presents itself that way, but advertises as the only newspaper you need.

[number_09]

I still don't see why that's bad...

You would think that asking a question would make anyone just passing by it think about it or something...

[digitrev]

But by putting the question mark there, it implies that it's true, without actually saying so.

[bentbacktulips]

Maybe in editorial content (metro has none, incidentally, eugh), but not in hard news.

Facts, please, not questions -- if you don't know, don't print it.