Paper Monitor
12:33 UK time, Wednesday, 20 July 2011
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
It's the morning after the day before.
People in Newspaperworld were nothing less than tantalised by yesterday's phone-hacking hearings. Rupert Murdoch being grilled, Rebekah Brooks being grilled etc.
Of course, an "incident" took place. It's the subject of criminal proceedings so we won't go into details. But suffice it to say, this morning's coverage is all about a spot of boxing. Or at least the cuff around the ear delivered to the person who is the subject of the proceedings. By Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng.
The Times headlines its account of her actions as "Crouching Wendi, hidden dragon". It's cos she is Chinese, you know. And there was that film in Chinese. Geddit? DO YOU GEDDIT?
"Ms Deng seemed to land her smack straight in the face of the [person who is subject to the proceedings]." Scribe Valentine Low channels the 1950s while describing Deng as "smart as well as decorative".
her speedy leap to Rupert's defence and swift blow came because she is a former champion volleyball player.
Using an open palm, she brought down a blow hard and with full fury on to [the person's] head, just as if she was spiking a volleyball.
The Daily Star boils it down further with "GOTCHA: Murdoch's missus whacks loon".
Rachael Bletchly in the Daily Mirror turns out a dramatically written colour piece about the episode. Most exciting line:
I found myself wedged next to ex-Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik.
Ah, it was an accidental wedging was it?
The 
