Paper Monitor
11:30 UK time, Monday, 18 September 2006
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Cherie Blair can have few more ardent critics than the Daily Mail. So how does the paper treat the story of the bunny ears saga – in which the prime minister's wife was investigated by the police merely for aiming a mock smack at a 17-year-old boy who'd made a playful gesture while posing for a picture with her? After all, Mrs Blair seems to be the innocent victim here.
But that would be to overlook what this story is really about… how the human rights issue has got completely out of hand. The Mail reminds us that Mrs Blair has long trumpeted human rights in her work as a lawyer. Indeed, the paper points out, Mrs B has defended some very high profile cases in which she has sought to implement human rights law in favour of children
It's a tenuous connection, but that doesn't stop Mail columnist Stephen Glover – the paper devotes two pages to the story – from echoing the sentiment.
"In one sense it is fitting that Cherie Blair, though innocent, should have fallen foul of politically correct police. As a lawyer she has been an energetic supporter of human rights…"
The red tops meanwhile, seem to be slugging it out with top footballer exclusives. The Mirror boasts an exclusive interview with Beckham on the front and takes readers to pages four and five, where the chat with Becks is divided into portions entitled "On his boys" and "On the Wags".
The Sun gives almost exactly the same treatment to Rio Ferdinand, although this is a serialisation of his memoirs rather than an interview. On pages four and, yes, five we're treated to Rio "On drug test" and "On the Wags".
The Express disappoints. Not a mention of Diana, looming debt nightmares or house prices on its front page.
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