‘Metro’ A Little Insecure Of Own Standing

I know it’s hard to read the columns in Metro; there’s always the chance you’ll end up having to read Clark DeLeon’s experiences in the girls’ restroom. But now you have a little bit less to read.

Last week, Elliott Kalan, Metro’s humor columnist and Daily Show segment producer, wrote a jokey column that included this line: “As this very copy of Metro shows, the only way to get most people to read a newspaper is to literally force it into their hands.”

Unfortunately for Kalan, the interim CEO of Metro was in New York and read the column, and ordered him fired immediately. Apparently the truth hit a little too close to home. Oh well. Guess we’ll be seeing more of Mickey Z. now.

Free Paper Without Free Expression [NYMag]
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