Gulf (Sponsored) News

Gulf News has reported about the Burj riot. 3.5 mil Dh worth of property has been damaged and this newspaper plays the entire issue down. The news is reported on page 4.
So whats the important news that hogs page 1?
UAE mulls allowing new Internet Service Providers.
Activist told to stop using villa.
Linesman's middle finger angers lawyer

Theres something even funnier in the first headline too. ISP. The abbreviation is well known and is often used. Ofcourse it could be expanded in the article. But that would mean putting another piece of crappy news to cover up the grand page 4 news.

I believe it might have been decided to be pushed to page 4 because of the double whammy in todays paper. It's a special "letters to the editor" day, in response to the article "Is Dubai still good value".
Other than a few irksome responses in support of enjoying the 'Dubai experience' (whatever the hell that means) from The Managers of Dubai (a random survey would show 7/10 people are some manager of some sort), the majority simply re-affirmed what we all knew. That everyone has an expiry date, the moment they set foot here. This however does not apply to western nationalities. I even know of the butcher who's a teacher here. White skin really does wonders, you know.

So what can we expect on Page 1 from tomorrow (it infact has started today)?

Dubai Metro will boost business by 5 billion USD.

Dubai first city in the ME to launch metro system.

People celebrate in anticipation of the Metro system.

Children bully parents to ditch their SUVs.