The Daily Mirror on Lee Bowyer

21st November 2001

I never thought I'd have anything good to say about the most sanctimonious of Britain's red-masthead (read ``mass-market'' or indeed ``down-market'') tabloids. But I have to admit that the summary of the Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate affair on the front page of their 19 December 2001 edition pretty much nailed it:


 I'M THE
 VICTIM
 wails boozing, pot-smoking,
 violent, RACIST, cowardly,
 unapologetic, lying, odious,
 transfer-listed Lee Bowyer
 (NOW TRY TO SUE US YOU LITTLE SCUMBAG)

Now that's what I call quality journalism!

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