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Intrigued to look at how the Press responded to the # #Cummings story last night and this morning.
Obviously the Guardian and Mirror were splashing on it from the word go, so this is more about how others played catch-up
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Obviously the Guardian and Mirror were splashing on it from the word go, so this is more about how others played catch-up
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Hats off to @thetelegraph which changed up to splash on a story damaging to the government it supports and the PM it has championed forever.
News value triumphs - especially over a worthy but lacklustre Huawei story.
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News value triumphs - especially over a worthy but lacklustre Huawei story.
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@dailymailuk did a quick slip to make room for Cummings pic on front and a page lead inside. Then changing up for a spread inside, but without expanding P1 presence.
Why? Possibly because holidays a good bank holiday weekend story and puffs always vital on Saturday
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Why? Possibly because holidays a good bank holiday weekend story and puffs always vital on Saturday
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@dailyexpressuk also changed front to make Cummings second puff and made it RH element on inside spread, sticking with holidays for splash and main spread heading.
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Neither @theipaper nor @FT managed to get the story in any edition.
And neither @NewsUK title could find room for it on their fronts, though both put the story inside on later editions.
@thesun, like the Mail and Express, stuck with holidays, self-promo and Joe Wicks pinup
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And neither @NewsUK title could find room for it on their fronts, though both put the story inside on later editions.
@thesun, like the Mail and Express, stuck with holidays, self-promo and Joe Wicks pinup
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@thetimes, unusually for a Saturday, had a splash of more interest to employers than workers. It declined to reduce the 44% of the page devoted to puffs or junk @jk_rowling. It did, however make the second blob in the "other developments" section of the splash and a spread inside
And on reflection today?
All papers' websites are leading on Cummings - with the exception of http://thesun.co.uk , which is majoring on this morning's Times splash.
All papers' websites are leading on Cummings - with the exception of http://thesun.co.uk , which is majoring on this morning's Times splash.
...and the FT, which is sticking with its print splash on Rishi Sunak wanting an end to #lockdown
The rest all angle their coverage on Downing St defending Cummings - although the Express's home page is dominated by a "should he resign?" poll.
Which is sort of understandable, as it's the later development.....
Which is sort of understandable, as it's the later development.....
Except, except, except....
in the time it has taken to write this thread, @mailonline has changed its home page, so that the headline is no longer "he didn't break lockdown", but "police investigating".
Sometimes Mr Cummings doesn't control everything.
Have a nice day.
in the time it has taken to write this thread, @mailonline has changed its home page, so that the headline is no longer "he didn't break lockdown", but "police investigating".
Sometimes Mr Cummings doesn't control everything.
Have a nice day.
