some people just can't catch up

CLASSIC example to how even the nation's so called leading newspaper aren't leaders after all.

The Star is the number one English daily in the country, yet its stories - from the front page to its sports pages (local and foriegn) are all filled with stale news.

Taking today's edition as an example, their front page story about the missing five-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar were The Malay Mail and Sinar Harian's front page story a day earlier.

Their EPL stories are often two days later than what is reported in The Malay Mail or prominant online sites while their local stories are a month old!

The Malay Mail reported former Singaporean international Noh Alam Shah (pic above) will play for Super League outfit Police on Dec 27, 2006 while The Star only broke the news today.

Even after acquiring rights from UK's leading tabloid The Sun, it is doubted The Star will be able to lead - content wise that is.

Sadly in the paper business, the adverts matter most.

-The Man Who Sold The World-