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It's Friday August the 18 around 5:55AM and

Vancouver Papers: 24 Hours Shows Us its Flugtag

You can actually tell its Friday by the looks of the lacklustre papers this morning.

Let me just begin this morning's superficial look at the papers by saying, that putting your paper's Flugtag team on the cover of your newspaper does not help in the "hey we're a real newspaper" department okay. And this on the cover instead of the burried on page 5 story about PETA protestors in thier underwear sporting devil horns and red body paint? Come on 24 Hours, Ashley Fruno, sorry topless Ashley Fruno, was in her words, " actually a devil today, I'm the KFC-is-hell-for-chickens devil." That is your cover. Hello.

The Sun goes into the weekend with a heartwarming "Beggars, Drug Dealers Kill Convention Business" downer story. And that is about the high point.

Meanwhile over in The Province they use their cover real estate to tell the story of seven duty free stores that have been shut due to the new crackdown on liquids in carry on luggage.

As you were.

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Posted by: bob

August 18, 2006 08:46 AM

No one thinks it's a real newspaper anyway...

Posted by: J.

August 18, 2006 12:49 PM

24Hrs, do like the BC Lions section today. Hey, sure 24Hrs is not The National Post newspaper but it'free-it's okay./ Notice The Vancouver Metronews the Weekend Editions, at it's Tv section for Friday and Saturday it don't list Omni 10. Strange why not,other local papers do. Yet, durring the week days Metronews does list Omni 10 but not on Weekends.