News of the World

If in doubt, put up campaigns that people will find impossible to argue against AND creatively steal other peoples’ ideas. To suggest that the ‘News of the World’ is a family newspaper would be stretching the truth just a little as it covers an awful lot of scandal and nonsense in it’s pages (mainly any of the perm-four-from-five subjects of sex, drugs, alcohol, money OR violence), granted it occasionally features the odd human interest story BUT the sense of ‘awe’ it must inspire to readers as the latest celebrity gets broilly involved in some ... more

Whatever you think of the tabloids the News of the World has come up with some fabulous stings and scoops over the years. Their team of fake sheiks and seedy businessmen have nailed some big names and recently they are on a roll. A tabloids job is to uncover hypocrites by being hypocrites and it works to a treat. After the John Higgins scoop it was just fabulous to see the rather ridiculous and some what sad Sarah Ferguson greedily grasping at a bag full of money in that NY hotel room on a promise to offer access to her ex husband. She is clearly not very bright and a pile of loot placed on ... more

We live in a pretty sad world with African famines, earthquakes, floods and droughts, but one thing is fairly certain if you should decide to part with your 80 pence on a Sunday morning down at your local newsagents and purchase a copy of the News of the World, you will probably find any such article relegated to page seven or nine. And so you may ask yourself what eye catching front cover story could possibly be of more interest to the general public than something affecting millions of people worldwide? The answer of course is that Sam from Big Brother has decided to get her boobs out, and ... more

It was the Summer of 2000, in the middle of the school holidays. Children across the country were relaxing, playing, sun bathing, doing anything but think about school. School was over, they were free. As it turned out, freedom was exactly what was so hotly contested. In Kent, a little girl went missing, 9 year-old Sarah Payne. The Police treated the missing child like any other - getting the parents to do press conferences appealing for their child to return, conducting door-to-door interviews to find out where she was last seen, generally focusing people's attentions on the missing girl ... more

There is nothing better than waking up on a Sunday morning, or in my case mid-morning, rolling over and grabbing hold of the Sunday Newspaper. In my case this newspaper being The News of the World. Why do I buy it? Well what more could you ask from any one newspaper..... It contains more sex scandals than Jordan's biography will do (and remember sex sells), no huge long words to try and digest, colourful pictures to grab the eye, eye catching headlines, a great sports section and a glossy magazine with all the television details for the week - oh and its only 70p! This weeks edition which I ... more