Call me a liberal, sandal-wearing, Guardian-reading stick-in-the-mud, but, in case I haven’t mentioned it before, I think The Sun newspaper is a pile of [insert word meaning 'excrement' here].
I’ve never really liked it, usually preferring The Mirror if I absolutely have to read a tabloid, but starting with the breakout of the Iraq war last year I lost almost all faith in the paper. Its coverage of the anti-war protest march was ridiculously biased (it’s owned by Rupert Murdoch, by the way) – 1 million people turned up to the march in London, yet it still claims that the majority of people were in favour of war because only 1 in 58 people in the country turned out. You only have to look at the number of people opposed to the introduction of top-up fees here (latest polls showing a considerable majority, so we’re talking tens of millions here) and compare that to the several thousand who actually turned out to march back in October.
But I won’t rant too much. I’ll let Simon Hattenstone do the explaining for me, since he has written a pretty good article on the subject. Fortunately the Sun’s readership dropped by 5% this year and I hope this trend will continue – the fact that the Independent is now available as a tabloid, with The Times possibly following suit, may well secure its downfall.
And as ever Tim Dowling takes an irreverant look at it. Unfortunately I could quite see the Sun actually using Tim’s suggestions as legitimate articles.
(Oh yeah, I don’t really like the Daily Mail or Daily Express either, should you read either of those).
Anyway, that’s my occasional, somewhat hungover political rant over and done with for another 6 months. Regularly scheduled blogging will return shortly.
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January 20, 2004 at 17:58
You imply that the Guardian is a liberal newspaper – however I beg to differ, as there is a real difference between liberals and left-wingers, which is what the Guardian is. I myself am a liberal, however I would not describe myself as particuarly left-wing.
January 22, 2004 at 10:29
Hehe, Rupert Murdoch owns everything back here as well! In fact its working through parliment to rename Australia Day, Murdoch realted festive working day. I’m all for it really.
March 13, 2004 at 13:19
I have my reasons for hating the Sun newspaper, these are valid and true i think there printing rights should be scrubbed and all money/Rupert Murdoch’s takings should be given to his victems. Further more he should be locked up and the key convenently “lost”. I dont think it is leagel to print derlibret lies to make a person suffer for this reason i will do my utmost to “halt it’s lie telling”. They have fettled with the wrong person. anyone wishing to leard more can use the E.mail i have left.