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What picture of the U.S. do Britons get from the British press? Last week, splashed across a tabloid page of the Laborite London Daily Mirror, world's largest daily (circ. 4,514,000), was a headline: THE CLIMATE OF FEAR. Below was an article by Mirror Reporter William Connor, just returned from the U.S. A congressional investigation, wrote Connor in a fantastic comparison, "reminds you of the Communist trials, the horrible . . . Slansky affair in Prague, the grisly Mindszenty farce and a dozen other dismal puppet shows on the other side of the Iron Curtain...
...during this period, as I recall, that both the photographic section and the book section were organized in tabloid form, thus giving a fine professional appearance...
...Britain's tabloid warfare, Lord Kemsley's prim Daily Graphic (circ. 753,537) is no match for the racy, zestful Daily Mirror (circ. 4,432,700), largest daily newspaper in the world. While the Graphic carefully minds its manners, the Mirror minds its readers with eye-catching cheesecake and lurid tabloid writing. Fleet Streeters even recall that the Graphic once cropped a picture to show only the head of a bull because Lady Kemsley protested that the entire photo would offend Graphic readers...
...undisclosed amount, Rothermere gets a free hand to do what he wants with the paper, may drop as many as 1,000 staffers from the Graphic's payroll. With the Graphic in hand, Lord Rothermere can wage a two-front war against 1) the Mirror, in the tabloid field, 2) the respected, full-size Daily Telegraph (circ. 991,092), which is owned by Lord Camrose, Kemsley's brother (TIME, Aug. 4). To wage his war, Rothermere can tone down his Daily Mail to lure readers from the Telegraph, jazz up the Graphic to fight the Mirror...
...York Daily News, which covers sexy, sensational stories with a flair that no other tabloid can match, last week broke a story that surprised even hardened News readers. Splashed across Page One was a banner headline: EX-G.I. BECOMES BLONDE BEAUTY. Said the story: "A Bronx youth, who served two years in the Army during the war and was honorably discharged, has been transformed by the wizardry of medical science into a beautiful woman." Under the banner were pictures of George W. Jorgensen, 26, the George who "is no more," and Christine, "the new woman" he became after "five...