What The Daily Mirror Did In The War
WHAT did you do in the war, daddy?
“Well, son,” says the Mirror hack, dandling the child on his knee, “I worked on a paper that had a WMD counter.”
The child looks disappointed. “We got all the way to number one hundred and something.”
Boy: And then what?
Hack: Well, we reached the biggest number in the whole wide world and had to stop counting.
The boy is now wide eyed. He craves more. The hack digs deep.
Hack: We broadcast pictures of Our Boys pissing on an Iraqi, but not really.
Boy: Pissing?
Hack: Widdling, But not really.
And…?
The hack undoes the buttons on his shirt and reveals a medal, on which is scribed “HONOUR THE BRAVE – Daily Mirror.”
He pulls out today’s paper, now yellowed with age. “WE WILL HONOUR THE BRAVE,” says the front-page headline. “Troops killed in action WILL be honoured with a new heroes’ award.”
It is a “Victory for the Daily Mirror medals campaign”.
Boy: But, why is it made of plastic?
Hack: Well, son, at the time there was a commodities crisis and gold was more expensive than cocaine…”
Posted: 10th, June 2008 | In: Tabloids Comments (8) | TrackBack | Permalink
