Matthew v David: no contest! ; Matthew Norman's MEDIA DIARY

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: May 14, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

RARE INDEED it is to find something truly novel and refreshing in a newspaper, so when we do the event must be noted. I refer to what I believe to be the first rap-single-style mock confrontation on the pages of a quality title. It came on Friday in The Times, a paper in urgent need of reinvention after its triumphant decade as New Labour's official newsletter. "David Aaronovitch v Matthew Parris" was the tag line, which brought to mind Run DMC vs Jason Nevins, or Sugababes vs Girls Aloud. This open letter symposium about Mr Tony Blair's record proved a catchweight contest, portly ...

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