Paper Monitor
11:45 UK time, Tuesday, 2 March 2010
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Loyal readers of Paper Monitor, please be assured, the Monitor is a purveyor of the highest standards, and always tells the truth.
The only reason it is necessary to mention this disclaimer is because The Independent reports that a Polish journalist .
A household name in Poland, Kapuscinski, who died in 2007, knew Che Guevara (apparently) and narrowly escaped death by an African firing squad (apparently). What is apparent is that there is some debate over how much he embellished these reports. According to new biography on his life, Kapuscinski "extended the boundaries of reportage far into the realm of literature". His wife is trying to get the book banned.
Meanwhile Paper Monitor continues its quest for truth. Over at The Guardian there's a strange case of the looky-likey. Tory Councillor Lyndon Stowe bears an to BNP leader Nick Griffin. This proved problematic when Mr Stowe was stopped by security staff during a trip to hear David Cameron speak in Manchester. Stowe tells the newspaper that he's been mistaken for the BNP leader before.
There's some good news for him in the Guardian as the sub who has headlined the story has mysteriously promoted him to MP.
Yes We Can. No he can't. In The Times we discover that the worlds most powerful man does have his weaknesses. A routine medical report for President Obama reveals that despite promising Mrs O he'd kick the habit, Barack Obama has been ordered to "continue smoking cessation efforts".
Over in tabloid land there are other questions which need answering. Why did Carol Vorderman wear a high-necked shirt on 91Èȱ¬ Breakfast at 9.10am yesterday, before changing into a "plunging low cut number" for her Loose Women appearance on ITV at 1pm? (note to ed - why do the exact times matter?).
Both The Mirror and the Daily Mail feature the before and after shots. Funnily enough the cleavage revealing picture is enlarged on both cases, while the schoolmistress-esque shot is smaller.
Not wanting to be trumped the Daily Express has a full length, leggy shot of Ms Vorderman on page three.
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