The men making the news
Author: Helen Joyce
Helen Joyce Sometimes getting a scoop doesn’t take detective work. Sometimes it’s hidden in plain sight ... The general editor looked. He saw ‘Russian plot... coup d’etat ... overthrow constitutional government ... red dictatorship ... goat butts head of police ... imprisoned blonde ... vital British interest jeopardized,’ it was enough; it was news. ‘It’s news,’ he said, ‘Stop the machines at Manchester and Glasgow. Clear the line to Belfast and Paris. Scrap the whole front page. Kill the Ex-Be...