Comments on: News Not Fit to Print? http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/ Rory O'Connor's blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:40:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: theeten franck http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-450 Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:59:11 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-450 Hello I'm Franck Theeten who sent the original information. Infortunately, there is a misunderstanding, probably due to the bad formulation of my message. The contreversed add wasn't publiched in the FranchEdition, but in the Belgian French speaking edition of Metro (at the 24th of December 2004). I didn't knew that it was published by a local publisher. There also have been a reportage the same dayabout it in the evening news of the public Belgian television channel "RTBF". I apologize for the confusion about it Hello

I’m Franck Theeten who sent the original information.
Infortunately, there is a misunderstanding, probably due to the bad formulation of my message.
The contreversed add wasn’t publiched in the FranchEdition, but in the Belgian French speaking edition of Metro (at the 24th of December 2004).
I didn’t knew that it was published by a local publisher.
There also have been a reportage the same dayabout it in the evening news of the public Belgian television channel “RTBF”.

I apologize for the confusion about it

]]> by: Doug http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-411 Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:15:22 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-411 Phew! Just searched a bunch of Paris Metro editions ... and alas no ad. Yet. Thanks for tip, Piet. If someone would like to pick up where I left off... 1) Go here: http://parex.metro.st/ftp/ 2) Check the Fall editions that I didn't check. Paris editions end in 1000012.pdf. I checked: * 20041129_1000012.pdf * 20041122_1000012.pdf * 20041115_1000012.pdf * 20041108_1000012.pdf * 20041102_1000012.pdf * 20041028_1000012.pdf * 20041021_1000012.pdf * 20041015_1000012.pdf * 20041004_1000012.pdf * 20040924_1000012.pdf * 20040915_1000012.pdf * 20040901_1000012.pdf * 20040825_1000012.pdf 3) Make haste cuz y'know Metro PR flacks are reading this ;>) Phew! Just searched a bunch of Paris Metro editions … and alas no ad. Yet. Thanks for tip, Piet.

If someone would like to pick up where I left off…
1) Go here:
http://parex.metro.st/ftp/
2) Check the Fall editions that I didn’t check. Paris editions end in 1000012.pdf. I checked:
* 20041129_1000012.pdf
* 20041122_1000012.pdf
* 20041115_1000012.pdf
* 20041108_1000012.pdf
* 20041102_1000012.pdf
* 20041028_1000012.pdf
* 20041021_1000012.pdf
* 20041015_1000012.pdf
* 20041004_1000012.pdf
* 20040924_1000012.pdf
* 20040915_1000012.pdf
* 20040901_1000012.pdf
* 20040825_1000012.pdf
3) Make haste cuz y’know Metro PR flacks are reading this ;>)

]]> by: Piet Bakker http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-410 Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:05:20 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-410 Dear Rory, There is a Belgium Metro, but it is not published by Metro International, but by a local publisher. And it has a french and a dutch edition. (Also the UK and Polish Metro's are not by Metro International.) There is a Metro in France however and all their editions are still online - so if anyone wants to check that story, he or see can download all editions of the Paris Metro (by Metro International) that were published last months. ---------------------------- Piet Bakker - Associate Professor Department of Communication Science University of Amsterdam Research on free daily newspapers: http://users.fmg.uva.nl/pbakker/freedailies Dear Rory,

There is a Belgium Metro, but it is not published by Metro International, but by a local publisher. And it has a french and a dutch edition. (Also the UK and Polish Metro’s are not by Metro International.) There is a Metro in France however and all their editions are still online - so if anyone wants to check that story, he or see can download all editions of the Paris Metro (by Metro International) that were published last months.

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Piet Bakker - Associate Professor
Department of Communication Science
University of Amsterdam

Research on free daily newspapers:
http://users.fmg.uva.nl/pbakker/freedailies

]]> by: Rory http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-407 Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:11:30 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-407 Probably not, Billy. The latest link between Metro and racism was sent to me by a French-speaking Belgian, who said he saw the offending ad in Metro's French edition. But I agree that what I wrote concerning "'a recent case of racism linked with Metro' that occurred in Belgium last fall" is confusing and could easily be misinterpreted, so thank you for your post! By the way, does anyone out there in cyberspace ahve a copy of the offending ad? Probably not, Billy. The latest link between Metro and racism was sent to me by a French-speaking Belgian, who said he saw the offending ad in Metro’s French edition. But I agree that what I wrote concerning “‘a recent case of racism linked with Metro’ that occurred in Belgium last fall” is confusing and could easily be misinterpreted, so thank you for your post!
By the way, does anyone out there in cyberspace ahve a copy of the offending ad?

]]> by: Billy Claiborne http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-406 Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:42:01 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/01/21/news-not-fit-to-print/#comment-406 Nice story Rory, but the Metro doesn't publish a paper in Belgium. Think you got snookered. Nice story Rory, but the Metro doesn’t publish a paper in Belgium. Think you got snookered.

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