Behind the scenes at a tabloid newspaper.
Review of The Insider - Piers Morgan by
lindsayjayne
Advantages: Interesting insight into tabloid newspapers, and big news stories over the years.
Disadvantages: You may dislike Piers Morgan
...own showbiz column 'Bizarre' in The Sun. He was offered the job of Editor at the News of the World in 1994 by Rupert Murdoch, at the age of 28 - becoming the youngest Editor in over 50 years. The following year he became Editor of the Mirror and often ended up being in the newspapers himself. He finally lost his position in May 2004 after publishing photos of British Troops abusing prisoners in Iraq, which turned out to be fake.
In 2005 Piers Morgan ...
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04.07.2006
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Diary of a Tabloid Editor
Review of The Insider - Piers Morgan by
luckyarchers
Advantages: You get to see into the mind of a tabloid editor.
Disadvantages: You may not like what you see.
...was promoted to Editor of the News of the World in 1994, after working for the owner in a relatively junior capacity. While there he was headhunted by the Daily Mirror, and as he preferred to be the editor of a daily, was pleased.
He kept notes of his ten years as editor of both papers, and after he was sacked from the Daily Mirror job, wrote this book. He thanks his ex-employers for giving him the time to write about his experiences.
I would ...
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19.11.2005
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Inside Story
Review of The Insider - Piers Morgan by
SueMagee
Advantages: The events of 1994 to 2004 written about from the perspective of a tabloid editor.
Disadvantages: Although in diary format it wasn't written as a diary.
...it wouldn't have come into the house. I don't read tabloid newspapers and Piers Morgan has been editor of two of them. I don't like gossip (unless it's particularly juicy) and I'm not keen on giving money to people who make a good living out of selling it. Still, the book was there and I thought I might as well have a look just to see how dreadful it was.
Er, I couldn't put it down and read it cover to cover in less than forty eight hours despite ...
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28.12.2005
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Behind The Mirror
Review of The Insider - Piers Morgan by
DavidCoulthard
Advantages: It held my attention and made me laugh.
Disadvantages: I'm admitting to liking something written by Piers Morgan.
...is an autobiographical journal about the ten years that Piers Morgan was an editor of national newspapers, 1994-2004.
Morgan regards himself as having been a lucky young man, "who rode his luck until his luck finally ran out." In defence of the things he did that, with hindsight, he is not proud of, he says that he defies anyone who is handed the job of editing the biggest selling newspaper in the world at the age of 28, not to become, "a rather ...
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02.12.2005
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An interesting read
Review of The Insider - Piers Morgan by
ScottishWestie
Advantages: Scandals & gossip
Disadvantages: Too many political issues
...was he used to be the editor of the Daily Mirror & little else. This book, which is not written in a diary format, allows the reader to enter a world little of us have much contact with. You may read the end result every day, but Morgan's paints an interesting picture in the life of a newspaper editor.
It starts off roughly around the time he was editor with the News of the World working with such people as Alistair Campbell & takes you through his ...
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13.11.2007
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Scandal and News
Review of The Insider - Piers Morgan by
emmy72
Advantages: Gives an insight into the people that make the headlines...
Disadvantages: The Daily Mirror is a poorer paper, without him.
...a newspaper editor, firstly for The News Of The World, then he moved to The Daily Mirror, where he made his mark in news media.
The book begins with a prologue at the end of his career, where those infamous photographs of British soliders abusing Iraqi's hit his front page and were proved to be fake. In 2004 his career as a newspaper editor ended after a decade of making the news.
The book is written as a diary, covering the ten years of being a ...
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26.08.2006
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The Insider
Review of The Insider - Piers Morgan by
leet1978
Advantages: Full of Gossip
Disadvantages: Slightly too much politics
This is the diary of Piers Morgan who was editor of the News of the World and later The Mirror. He tells all about his time as editor of these 2 big national newpapers in diary form. Recalling the scoops, the investigations and the sordid deals he made with celebrities to tell their tales.
Although I initially enjoyed this book I did find it got to be a bit wearing when it went on too much about politics. It can quite repetitive going on about ...
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22.08.2007
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Review of The Insider - Piers Morgan by
terrisunshine
I really enjoyed this book it was fascinating and looking at it from the standpoint of a former editor of one of Blairs' favoured reporters it really shows how he has fallen from grace.
They say that only women can bitch but boy does Piers' do a good job he is virtually spitting feather over Cherie.
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