Paper Monitor
16:09 UK time, Tuesday, 26 February 2013
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
There's nothing like a US awards ceremony to make a physical newspaper seem outmoded.
On Monday Britain woke up to the Oscar headlines. The TV, radio and internet ones. Another gong for Day-Lewis, a funny joke about Chris Brown and Rihanna, an award and more brownie points for soon-to-be national treasure Adele. And another charming mishap for Jennifer Lawrence.
The Monday papers' deadlines missed all that. It was all over their websites of course.
But the papyrus media still feel they have to cover the biggest film night of the year. So on Tuesday morning here it is splashed across the inside pages a bit like day old fish and chips. Soggy and a bit rancid but somehow still edible thanks to a generous helping of salt and vinegar.
And Paper Monitor enjoys seeing them working the angles to come up with something only half stale.
The Daily Telegraph considers whether Day-Lewis' third best actor award makes him the best of all time. "It's daft to call me the greatest, says Day-Lewis."
The Guardian gives it a double page spread with much of it taken up by photos of the stars' outfits. "The battle of the ballgowns: a very European triumph", writes Jess Cartner-Morley.
But award for most ingenious angle has to go to the Daily Mail. It found its perfect line for Argo.
"An Oscar for sneering at the British" is the .
Just when you thought there was nothing left to say about a film that has been out for months, the Mail digs up middle England gold. "The sad irony is that what really happened in Tehran in 1979 is just as thrilling as Argo, if not more so - and it involved astonishing British pluck," it says.
Respect is due - it can't be easy selling news on actual paper these days. And if you listen carefully you can just about hear a bunch of grizzled news editors saying "I think we got away with it." Again.
There's life in the old inkies yet.
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