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Big Brother u-turn is 'next best' front page option!

Here are some funnies to keep you going well into the longest day tomorrow, including an editor eating humble pie on his news judgement - and another suffering the flattery of imitation...

If you can do better, e-mail us the clipping


First up: Which editor said: "I can't imagine a time when we'd splash a story about [Big Brother's] Alexandra in the paper, but on the web it's a different matter."

And then splashed on the story, saying in mitigation: "In all honestly, I couldn't bring myself to put another murder on the front page, and went with the next best option."

The answer's here, so click on through...


Meanwhile, we had a tip-off about a spoof article on a football website, supposedly penned by the editor of an award-winning Suffolk daily paper.

So we thought it was our duty to share it with you - made us smile, anyway. And it's rather a labour of love.

The spoof is posted here.

And the two articles that (might have) prompted it are here - and also here.


The story we'd all been waiting for:


And another one here - the joys of web-first breaking news:


Wonder how high this "Air Ambulance" can fly?


Finally, Jade Goody says to keep schtum on this police operation:



Click through to our previous collection: The best place to book a photograher....

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