Daily Star lands investigative scoop - but where's the story?

The Daily Star does not have much of a record [ any record at all - ed. ] for investigative journalism. So today's issue is something of a landmark because it splashes on a stunning piece of red-top subterfuge. The paper sent reporter Lauren Veveers into the fleshpots of Manchester to see whether footballers like the company of attractive young women. The astounding result: they do. However, the titillating front page headline shown here is not quite borne out by the results of the undercover "investigation" by Lauren. It appears that during the six hours in various "nightspots" she attracted the attentions of four players who did nothing more than talk to her. Indeed, Lauren sportingly concedes that "nothing more was involved than a bit of harmless flirting." I'll spare you the tedious details of the chat-ups - available here if you must - but I don't think the News of the World's Fake Sheikh will be worried about the competition.