THE SUN (UK) excels itself

[reds4ever]

The Sun (a UK tabloid) hits a new low

http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1047966,00.html

and guess what the next days (today) frontpage headline was?

'SUN'S FUND FOR BRUNO'

Just what you'd expect from a paper that, after years of supporting the Conservatives, changed sides in the general election a few years back when it became apparent that Labour was going to win.

Oh, and if that wasn't bad enough they give Richard Littlejohn a column to peddle his hatred

[MikeH]

What a surprise.

Reminds me of that famous issue of the Daily Mail.

On one side of the page an outraged article about paedophiles. On the opposite side of the page a picture story about how 15 year old singer Charlotte Church's breasts had developed.

[*End Is Forever*]

It's obscene, but the day which it changes is a long way off. They did run an excellent article on the Liberal Democrats yesterday though...

[chequita guevara]

Why do you Brits even take those types of papers serious?

[MikeH]

Some of us don't, unfortunately they sell more than any of the real papers and there are people out there who buy them and believe their bull****.

[Jon Miller]

I don't consider finding 15 yearolds attractive to be pedaphilia

I consider that to be finding boys or girls attractive who have not gone through puberty

Jon Miller
(I don't think 15 year olds in the US or any other first world country are mature enough for people older than them to have sex with, but most 15 yearolds are physically developed enough to be attractive (I am referin got women of course))

[TheStinger]

I was actually appalled by the Sun's original headline, I do not normally get worked up over things like this. However this really scraped the barrel.

I wonder if Rebekah Wade's (the editors) celeb partner Ross Kemp had depression they would use the same headline

[Havak]

It totally defeats me why anyone with a reasonable level of education would read a tabloid.

Liberal Who? (As everyone will be saying after the next General Election).

[MikeH]

They'll be known as The Opposition then.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Havak
It totally defeats me why anyone with a reasonable level of education would read a tabloid.

depends what you want from a newspaper. me? I just want the sport and whats on TV though if there's nice looking girl on page 3 so much the better.

I've tried going 'upmarket' but got as far as the Mail and gave up (I liked the articles and reviews, but kept getting 'wound up' by the obvious slant they put on all their reporting)

[FrustratedPoet]

The Mail isn't all that far upmarket though is it?

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
The Mail isn't all that far upmarket though is it?

It's as far as I got

[MikeH]

The Sun has a crap sports section.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by MikeH
The Sun has a crap sports section.

Who buys what other papers in work is a big factor, you need plenty to read on those 12 hr nights

[*End Is Forever*]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003440816,00.html