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Newspaper review: Boston drama shocks | Newspaper review: Boston drama shocks |
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Overtaken by events in Massachusetts, the papers find themselves relegated, like everyone else, to the role of spectators - fascinated and appalled by events following the Boston Marathon bombings. | Overtaken by events in Massachusetts, the papers find themselves relegated, like everyone else, to the role of spectators - fascinated and appalled by events following the Boston Marathon bombings. |
Boston, says the Daily Telegraph, appeared as "a city in the grip of terror" as police tried to capture the two brothers suspected of planting the bombs, as well as killing a police officer. | Boston, says the Daily Telegraph, appeared as "a city in the grip of terror" as police tried to capture the two brothers suspected of planting the bombs, as well as killing a police officer. |
One of its leafy suburbs was transformed into "a Hollywood battle zone", the paper adds. | One of its leafy suburbs was transformed into "a Hollywood battle zone", the paper adds. |
As events - including a police shootout that claimed the life of oldest brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev - played out on 24-hour news channels, it seemed "like an extended episode of Homeland or 24", says the Guardian. | |
The pace of the drama is what struck the Independent. | The pace of the drama is what struck the Independent. |
When the FBI asked the public to help identify the grainy images they had found of the suspects, "they didn't even have time to take the calls", the paper says. | When the FBI asked the public to help identify the grainy images they had found of the suspects, "they didn't even have time to take the calls", the paper says. |
Almost all the papers use a combination of maps and photographs to give some narrative order to what the Sun calls "a trail of carnage". | Almost all the papers use a combination of maps and photographs to give some narrative order to what the Sun calls "a trail of carnage". |
Other pictures, in papers including the Daily Mirror, show the two suspected brothers - "one a schoolboy boxer, the other a happy high school graduate". | Other pictures, in papers including the Daily Mirror, show the two suspected brothers - "one a schoolboy boxer, the other a happy high school graduate". |
CCTV 'benefits' | CCTV 'benefits' |
"So much is still hazy," says the Financial Times. | "So much is still hazy," says the Financial Times. |
They were legal refugees, it says, but questions can be asked about how potential terrorists are monitored and how they had easy access to "explosives, firearms and bomb-making equipment". | They were legal refugees, it says, but questions can be asked about how potential terrorists are monitored and how they had easy access to "explosives, firearms and bomb-making equipment". |
The Daily Mirror thinks the violence in Boston has shown "that the benefits of CCTV outweigh the negatives". | The Daily Mirror thinks the violence in Boston has shown "that the benefits of CCTV outweigh the negatives". |
The Times says the US "should hold its nerve". | The Times says the US "should hold its nerve". |
It says "there is no reliable protection against terrorism" and that the balance between security and privacy is difficult in a liberal society. | It says "there is no reliable protection against terrorism" and that the balance between security and privacy is difficult in a liberal society. |
The paper argues that people must learn to trust in the hold that liberty has on the imagination as a more potent force than fanaticism. | The paper argues that people must learn to trust in the hold that liberty has on the imagination as a more potent force than fanaticism. |
'Pre-emptive strike' | 'Pre-emptive strike' |
Questions of privacy are also addressed by papers which name Rolf Harris as a suspect in the police inquiry into historical allegations of sexual abuse. | Questions of privacy are also addressed by papers which name Rolf Harris as a suspect in the police inquiry into historical allegations of sexual abuse. |
The Independent asks: "Why has Rolf Harris's name only come out now?" | The Independent asks: "Why has Rolf Harris's name only come out now?" |
The paper which was the first to name him, the Sun, reports that lawyers for the entertainer had threatened to sue. | The paper which was the first to name him, the Sun, reports that lawyers for the entertainer had threatened to sue. |
The Guardian says the information had been an open secret in Fleet Street newsrooms for months and that it sees the Sun's decision to publish as "a pre-emptive strike in a fresh freedom of speech battle". | The Guardian says the information had been an open secret in Fleet Street newsrooms for months and that it sees the Sun's decision to publish as "a pre-emptive strike in a fresh freedom of speech battle". |
Mr Harris has not yet made any public comment. | Mr Harris has not yet made any public comment. |
'Dumbing down' | 'Dumbing down' |
The programme for the Proms often stirs controversy and this year is no exception. | The programme for the Proms often stirs controversy and this year is no exception. |
Stephen Pollard, of the Daily Express, is appalled by the inclusion of a concert featuring rappers and DJs. | Stephen Pollard, of the Daily Express, is appalled by the inclusion of a concert featuring rappers and DJs. |
"Rap is not music," he declares. "It's dumbing down." | "Rap is not music," he declares. "It's dumbing down." |
"If I stood on the stage of the Albert Hall and belched in syncopated rhythm," he says. "Would I be making music?" | "If I stood on the stage of the Albert Hall and belched in syncopated rhythm," he says. "Would I be making music?" |
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