Britney's dad gives up the day job

Apparently seeing 'taking care of the stuff that Britney should be capable of doing for herself but probably isn't' as a long-term prospect, her dad Jamie has quit his day job. He's going to be paid ten grand a month for the role; this is somewhat better than a catering gig he had before. We're guessing those plans to open a chain of restaurants with K-Fed have been put on hold. At least until Brit can be trusted with an ATM card.

Darkness at 3AM: Cooking up stories

We know it's only the gossip column on the Daily Mirror, but even so: a restaurant run by Kevin Federline and Jamie Spears? They really believe that's going to happen?

The Sun rewrites history

Yesterday morning, we observed Emily Smith's coverage of Britney's emergence from rehab, and wondered how the Sun's US editor managed to deliver a piece that was completely unlike any other. Smith welcomed the news that Britney was on the road to recovery, and revealed that her father Jamie had first taken her home, and then onto a more luxurious clinic.

This morning's story from Smith, though, is quite different:

'You're going to die Britney'

BRITNEY SPEARS’ terrified dad last night warned her �You are going to die� after the star checked herself out of a psychiatric ward.

The troubled singer ignored her parents’ desperate pleas to return to hospital, screaming at them: �I want my life back.�
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Despite being horrified by the decision to release her, dad Jamie picked Britney up from the hospital, planning to take her to a private clinic for more treatment.

(The question marks, by the way, are because nobody seems capable of coding up a page correctly at The Sun.)

However, it's not just the story in today's paper which tells a completely different tale from yesterday's. The web version of yesterday's story also tells a totally different story, too."Britney on the road to recovery" has become "Parents fear for Britney's life".

Obviously, websites update as news breaks, but there's something dishonest about simply changing a story through 180 degrees, overwriting the original and not acknowledging what you've done, isn't there?