Paper Monitor
10:59 UK time, Tuesday, 6 March 2007
A service highligthing the riches of the daily press.
It's not often that the Daily Mirror carries news from the National People's Congress in China. But it's not every day that every delegate within range of the photographer's lense snoozes during the premiere's speech. Yes, Chairman Mao's days are well and truly over.
Another surprising picture in the Daily Mail . Ever wondered what might trump the paper's long-held antipathy for foreign invaders? When Johnny Foreigner is a baby squirrel, small enough to curl up in the palm of its rescuer's hand. It may be a grey squirrel, but the youngster's tale ticks so many Mail boxes. Cute animal pic? Check. Born too early because of the mild winter, handily providing both the "Ahhhhh" factor AND a global warming angle? Check. Abandoned by feckless parents? Check.
The same picture appears in the Independent, but with far greater emphasis on the global warming aspect of the story. So no surprise there.
Meanwhile, Paper Monitor - a bear of very little brain, granted - has fallen prey to the campaign of confusion mounted by the Daily Mail and Express. What day is it again? With the inquest underway into a trio of deaths in a Paris underpass, the once traditional Monday-is-Diana-day convention is undergoing mission creep.
Today the people's princess graces both front pages, alongside matching conspriacy theories.
WAS SHE PREGNANT - AND WAS SHE ALSO IN FEAR OF HER LIFE? - Mail
SHOW US DIANA'S MURDER LETTERS - Express
The Indie, again, carries the same story as the Mail. But no picture of Diana. At least some things stay the same...
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