Oh, and that "Jihadi John hell" story in column one...I think we might have seen that one before, too...
The Mail on Sunday yesterday and today's Daily Star. Nothing more to say, really. Just thought someone might be interested.
Oh, and that "Jihadi John hell" story in column one...I think we might have seen that one before, too...
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Previously in the Daily Star: Unpopular American Perez Hilton is predicted to win Celebrity Big Brother. Housemates believe he has a guaranteed place in the final because producers believe his attention-seeking antics are TV gold.
But within 24 hours, Hilton is up for eviction - and in danger of police questioning over an alleged sex assault on rival contestant Katie Hopkins. Now read on... Hilton was indeed evicted and Katie Price duly declared the winner over the weekend. (The Star calls her Kate, presumably to differentiate from Katie Hopkins, although nobody seems to have told the Sunday team.) Lo and behold, Ms Hopkins promptly cried foul. "It was a fix! It should have been me." Hurrah! cries the Star - another "fix" splash. Milking the show to the very last drop, yesterday's paper ran a follow-up reporting that viewers were clamouring for an Ofcom investigation, a claim backed up by a collection of pseudonymous quotes, but no evidence that anyone had done anything more concrete than rant and fling random accusations. Ofcom - which has apparently received 3,000 complaints about the show this series - naturally replies: “All the complaints for Celebrity Big Brother are under assessment. If any complaints are made that a viewer thinks the show is fixed, they will be assessed and then we will decide whether to investigate.” So that's clear then. And as the curtains close on the CBB house for the spring, the Star can get back to that other menace that requiring its scrutiny. The Guardian and Press Gazette are reporting that this weekend's issue of the Daily Star Sunday will be the last edited by Peter Carbery.
The continued "rationalisation" of the Northern and Shell newspapers - in spite of the cash fillip provided by the sale of Channel 5 - is apparently denying the Sunday paper an editor of its own and Dawn Neesom is to take over the whole operation. This is in line with most other Fleet Street newspaper groups. They are almost all moving towards 24/7 working with (usually) the daily editor in overall command. But they also all have Sunday or weekend editors (largely women, as it happens). I've never met Carbery or Neesom. They are probably both very nice, talented people. But I can't help comparing the fruits of their labours this past week. Last Sunday Carbery's paper was one of only two to lead on the story of most pressing public interest after the death of Leon Brittan. The daily meanwhile indulged its obsession with Big Brother and on Tuesday published the front page above with one of the most misleading, sensationalised splash heading I've seen in years. We wish Mr Carbery the best for the future. |
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