Paper Monitor
12:31 UK time, Wednesday, 26 May 2010
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
James Brown knew it - and so do newspaper editors. It's a man's world... but it wouldn't be nothing without a woman or a girl. Quite frankly, the front pages would be empty today if it wasn't for women. But don't get too excited about female emancipation.
Samantha Cameron is splashed across the Times and Daily Telegraph front pages for - yes, yes, edge of seat - not wearing a hat. There she is at the State Opening of Parliament, brazen as you like, bare headed. Is this a major sartorial scandal that we are not aware of - being commoners who are never allowed near such events and all that. No, it's just that people usually do wear hats, apparently.
The Sex and the City cast are on nearly every front page for basically being the SATC cast - in posh dresses. The frenzy over the new film continues. After much discussion yesterday about whether the plot line has got a bit too silly (known in the business as "jumping the shark"), it's now down to the really important stuff - the reviews. That being the reviews of what the actresses were wearing to the world premiere of the film in New York of course.
Filing nabs Cheryl Cole the Sun's front page. It's even tagged as a "World Exclusive", as if the tabloids in Nepal would have been interested. She wants it all to be over quickly so her soon-to-be ex-husband can concentrate on the World Cup apparently. Saint Cheryl lives on.
Finally, gaffe-prone Sarah Ferguson is splashed across the Mirror's front page. She's for the "cash-for-access" scandal and he has forgiven her. Phew, she still has a home.
Yes, clothes and men - that's basically what it comes down to for women in today's newspapers.
What would the suffragettes make of that?
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