Celebrity nonsense
Roger Moore’s wife versus the Daily Mail
The Press Gazette is reporting that Roger Moore’s wife is suing the Daily Mail over claims made in one of “Ephraim Hardcastle”‘s columns.Apparently:Lady Kristina Moore, who is known as Kiki, claims the story suggested she had an affair with Taki… Read more
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The Daily Mail’s creepy obsession with Suri Cruise
After reading Uponnothing’s excellent post on the Daily Mail’s creepy obsession with Tom Cruise’s four-year-old daughter, I decided to dig this post out. I started writing it last month but, for some reason, abandoned it and left it as a draft. So,… Read more
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The Sun and Jordan (not the country)
Today, the nation’s most-read newspaper is using its tremendous popularity and influence to bring us what it thinks is the day’s most important story:OK, I lied – the main story for today is about Jordan (not the country).Usually, it’s the Daily… Read more
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Daily Star – the Sun’s dishonest wannabe*
Compare the front page of today’s Daily Star with the front page of today’s Sun, if you can bear it: What impression do you get from the Star’s main story? That the Channel 4 show, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, is a fake, and a fix and a con. It… Read more
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Daily Mail looks up women’s skirts
Did you think the Daily Mail, that bastion of conservatism and Christian morality, was immune from the so-called ”up-skirt shot”? Well, they’re… Read more
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Woman has double chin… for a bit
Celebrity stories are almost always pointless, but this effort from The Sun really has to be a new low: KATIE Price faces double trouble after her marriage split as she visits a London hair salon. Katie, 32, who is divorcing Alex Reid,… Read more
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A sorry bunch of rags
Here’s a quick round-up of the most recent apologies or corrections or “expressions of regret” to have been negotiated by the PCC. The People have apologised to Kerry Katona: Kerry Katona Further to our article (October 10) claiming that… Read more
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Elton John’s company corrects the Daily Mail
From the “TV&Showbiz;” section of today’s Daily Mail: The article makes the claim that: increased his entourage by more than 50 per cent before the arrival of Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. Simon Cable, who wrote the article,… Read more
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