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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

Heather forecast is spot on

"They will go for me tomorrow and they'll go 'she's crazy and she's this and she's that'," predicted Heather Mills on GMTV yesterday. And lo, it came to pass. A vicious attack on the press is guaranteed to get you somewhat hostile coverage - the tabloids she so excoriated yesterday have gone big on her "unhinged ranting" and "TV and radio blitzkrieg", including her invocation of fellow press victims Princess Diana and Kate McCann. "Oh, come off it, Heather, how dare you compare your ordeal to Kate McCann's?" was Amanda Platell's verdict on that one in the Daily Mail. And unsurprisingly they somewhat downplayed the central plank of her argument against tabloid journalism, with which many readers might have some sympathy. The Daily Mirror gleefully pictured her T-shirt - not visible on television - which bore the slogan "Boycott the Sun". A photo that's curiously not to be found in the Sun, which repeated allegations that a recent fireworks party at Mills' Sussex home had scared animals. Well, it all adds up to plenty more cuttings for that bulging file of Heather's. And vindication for Phil Hall, the tabloid editor turned PR man who told her not to do it earlier in the week before stepping down as her media adviser.

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