Paper Monitor
11:35 UK time, Friday, 11 November 2011
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Sometimes stories seem almost too good to be true. Paper Monitor's eye is drawn today to the tale of a man who called the police and prompted the scrambling of the bomb squad after spotting a device attached to the bottom of his car.
It's and practically every other paper.
It turned out to be a GPS tracking device. And the culprit? Well, step forward this chap's wife. She had apparently become suspicious of her husband's behaviour and working hours.
The pictures on the story are from a news agency. Paper Monitor finds it curious that a couple who had had this sort of thing happen would speak to a local news agency and supply pictures.
The fact that the chap involved was on Dragon's Den two years ago and is currently in the security and anti-fraud field may further pique your interest.
Fortunately, it must be true because the police were involved.
Over to the Times, and there's an episode of salutary bravery.
The cartoon features Angela Merkel and Nicholas Sarkozy talking about there being "no grip at the top"and "knifing each other publicly". You know the punchline is not going to be anything about Greece? So maybe Fifa? Or X Factor?
Nope, the punchline in the four-panel cartoon is Merkel saying: "Well, I'm not bailing out News International."
That's the Times's parent company. Now, the Times has always been assiduous and thorough in its coverage of the whole hacking scandal, but it still takes a bit of guts to stretch that into taking the mickey in the form of a cartoon.
Kudos.
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