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Originally Posted by Damien
I don't really like our front pages tomorrow. Disappointing. Most of them all have a image of the police officer moments before he was shot. Not only is it tasteless but it's the wrong message to send. The best ones are either in Germany where they've reprinted the cartoons, France where they've cleared the front page to display a message of support, or 'The National' in Scotland which is displaying pictures of the people around Europe attending rallies.
The other British papers just went for the dramatic.
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The Independent led with a cartoon. Good for them.
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The National has its own particular interest in pushing the idea that rallies=popular support. Scots Nats still genuinely haven't got over the fact that big rallies in the middle of Glasgow didn't translate into a majority Yes vote last year. Given the reason that paper even exists, it's their motivation I find suspicious and slightly distasteful.
The rest of the British press has simply done what it does. There is plenty of time to chew over the implications for free speech and to show solidarity. The first editions after the massacre were always going to be about reporting the horror of what occurred, and rightly so.