BS: Observer special yesterday

Subject: Observer special yesterday
From: Bagpuss
Date: 18 Mar 02 - 05:52 AM

For those of you who missed reading it in the Observer yesterday, here's the URL of the 4 page special on the sept 11th tragedy.

Bagpuss

Subject: RE: BS: Observer special yesterday
From: Bagpuss
Date: 18 Mar 02 - 05:54 AM

Here it is...

http://www.observer.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,668707,00.html

Subject: RE: BS: Observer special yesterday
From: Sarah the flute
Date: 19 Mar 02 - 03:41 AM

Chris Morris strikes again! .... will he get an award?

Subject: RE: BS: Observer special yesterday
From: Bagpuss
Date: 19 Mar 02 - 05:37 AM

Just heard he's been nominated for 2 BAFTAs for his paedophile special. I can't imagine that they will have the nerve to let him win it, but the competition is pretty weak, so you never know....

Subject: RE: BS: Observer special yesterday
From: RichM
Date: 19 Mar 02 - 05:42 AM

I went, I saw, ho-hum....

Subject: RE: BS: Observer special yesterday
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 19 Mar 02 - 05:55 AM

At last - 9/11 in true historical perspective! And the first time I've seen "cunts" printed out in a UK national newspaper.

Here is Bagpuss's link again as a clickie. Links at the bottom continue the bad-taste (but hilarious) romp. The ones on the left are to serious 9/11 stuff on the site, various dates.

Subject: RE: BS: Observer special yesterday
From: Bagpuss
Date: 19 Mar 02 - 06:00 AM

Unfortunately, missing from the web version are the graphics including the cave system inside Richard Reid's shoe. I think the format of the print edition was much better and it loses quite a bit.

I also think the style was a lot more Ianucci than Morris.

Bagpuss

Subject: RE: BS: Observer special yesterday
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 07:28 PM

Definitely Ianucci'a fingerprints all over this. It's funny as well as pointed. Altogether a brave adventure for a heavyweight broadsheet.