The Sun

...prejudiced than I am against The Sun newspaper. I hardly ever see The Sun in the usual way of things, let alone read it, yet if you asked me to describe it I would have no difficulty in trotting out at least a dozen derogatory adjectives, the most polite of which you will see listed as "Cons" in the summary points above. The fact that The Sun is part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire only serves to redouble my bias against it. The trouble is that ...
...So when I saw that the Ciao competition for May was for reviews on sun-related topics, I decided it was time I bought a few issues of The Sun and made a serious attempt to read and assess it. To put this subjective assessment in perspective, I also looked out a few basic facts about the newspaper. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ~ Vital Statistics ~ The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in and distributed throughout the UK by News Group Limited, ...

torr 28.05.2005 (16.06.2005) · Read full review
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The Sun newspaper is described as the "people's paper" and as the number 1 newspaper in the country, it came as quite a shock when i realised so many people look down on you for reading it. After a considerable period of time debating why this is, i came to the conclusion that people are either just ashamed to admit that they like it or they're total prudes. I agree with people's opinions that it isn't the most educational reading available and i ...
...to keep our mind off the constant reminder that we are under a terrorist threat? Don't we need something that can make us laugh, whether the paper intends to be funny or not? Don't we need a source that we can find out about the latest celebrity gossip -which we all love to read about secretly? My purpose and sole aim in writing this review is that i want to tell everybody that i love The Sun, i want people to agree with me and i want to stop people ...

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...my title for this opinion. The title is a half-truth, something that the Sun appears to be an authority on, if their headlines and editorial is anything to go by. I do indeed buy the Sun newspaper (sorry for offending you by calling it that) at the outrageous price of 45 pence, (Irish, inclusive of VAT) each and every Saturday, but purely and simply for their free magazine called the "TV Mag". The rest of the so-called newspaper I invariably bin ...
...having glanced through it on the odd occasion. ~ ~ OK. The 'newspaper' first. Why am I so scathing in my appraisal of this tabloid? As many of you are aware, I am a freelance journalist myself, as well as being a 'mad cabbie'. (taxi driver) Freelancing is great, as it gives me the independence to accept or refuse any work that is offered to me, as I am not dependant on the money it brings in order to earn my crust. Thus I can keep my integrity (such ...

the_mad_cabbie 10.09.2001 (11.09.2001) · Read full review
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...was 1968 or 1969 that the Sun was first published and at the time it was about the only paper that was doing the page 3 girls. It has now become the nations best selling paper and that more than anything tells you how the Empire has fallen,so what is in The Sun... Well your front page usually a girl on the front to entice us shallow males to buy it with a title like Madonna gets them out for the Band..Then its much the same throughout the paper,taking ...
...some real News items in the paper but only in small amounts,the rest of the paper is for celeb gossip and the girl next girl who runs away with the vicar stories. LittleJohn does do a daily column which I find interesting and off course you haver your Sun Bingo and the Bizarre page.This is a good page as Dominic Mohan is very good with his gossip page about the stars of the Pop world.. You also have your adverts then the TV section which on a Saturday ...

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At the risk of being typecast as a ranter, after my McDonald's op (Capitalist Clown Wants Your Money), I have decided the Sun newspaper will be my next victim. This paper is undoubtedly the worst rag you could possibly buy. It is aimed at xenophobic, thoughtless morons who seem to be intent on ignoring anything of any importance that happens on the grounds that it is too depressing to read about. There is no attempt to provide genuine news, politics ...
...How can they pretend that the throwaway bile they serve up is news? As well as the general lack of any news and the journalistic skills of a child (the journalists are actually told not to use words above the level of an eight year old reader) there is also their habit of downright lying to contend with. They are happy, in the absence of any sordid affair being revealed that week, to invent stories. This is most noticeable in their constant unfounded ...

setimerenptah 12.07.2001 · Read full review
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This is the paper that dictates the country's opinions without a doubt. But just how good is it? REPORTING OF MAIN EVENTS: The main stories reported in the sun are always hyped. I think that goes without saying really. It's what the 'Tabloid' press is famous for - and you dont get more famous than the sun. You will find some excellent writing with superb skill though. To be able to write what they write requires some ability as you are always treading ...
...always cover the main stories, although their selection of front line news can be questionable at times. Don't believe all they tell you though, you will always recieve a one sided story and never shall ye read an apology for the mistakes but rather a usual u-turn in their next report when they openly blame someone else for the problem. POLITICS: This paper gave the conservatives a win in the 1993 election with their 'vote tory' campaign and took ...

leahslad 08.04.2001 (09.04.2001) · Read full review
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What can one say about The Sun? It may be simpler to ask what people haven't said about The Sun. Britain's most popular paper (by sales) seems to be the most unpopular with everyone else. "It's just a tabloid rag with semi-naked women and no real quality journalism". You can picture these people with their Financial Times spread out over the table. They're too classy to read The Sun. "Certainly not!" they'd reply if they were asked. But who is that ...
...forward, grabs a copy of The Sun and tucks it inside his jacket. He hurries over, pays his 35p and sharply exits. Once home he'll find somewhere quiet, cast off his serious exterior and glow inwardly as he enjoys the delights of Dear Deirdre and the cartoons. The Sun is a paper with a sense of humour. Granted, it can also be two-faced, snesationalist and irrelevent, but at least it makes people smile. I have some recent copies here, let's take a ...

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...- i.e. information pertinent to the wider world in which we live. Broadly speaking, we expect several basic items from a newspaper – reporting of important events domestically, internationally or locally; analysis of current events within relevant contexts; and editorial perspectives and opinions. That, basically is what a newspaper should contain. So why do people read them? We read them primarily to become informed so that we might form opinions, ...
...is deemed newsworthy. The final phrase – “deemed newsworthy” – is crucial to both the question posed and the wider issue of what is wrong with The Sun (that being the focus of this opinion, if it were not plain enough from the title). Exactly what constitutes news, and how far does this have a bearing on what makes newspapers sell? What might be deemed newsworthy can vary immensely from person to person, but the exceptionally ...

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...leaves a nasty taste in the mouth of the majority. What worries me is when this free speech starts to encroach upon free thinking. Then we have a problem. Despite being the most successful and widely read newspaper, with a circulation of around 4 milion copies a day, 'The Sun' has a hideously bad quality of journalism. The newsworthiness of the 'scandal' is beyond belief, whilst there is apparently no sport other than football. Also bizarrely, the ...
...the same key words being repeated regularly. I don't have any problem with this at all, after all I don't actually buy it myself and if people wish to read it, than that's there choice/loss/misfortune (*delete as applicable). However, when it comes to reading the actually news stories, it begins to dawn on me why we have prejudice in common society. 'The Sun' subtely infiltrates that certain things are good, and other things are bad. For example, ...

stoffy 04.09.2001 · Read full review
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The Sun is a mixture of half-arsed gossip, xenophobia, unsubstantiated facts and padding. It’s sole intent is not to give out the news but to find their angle, which usually involves hatred of someone (or a group of people) and then to orchestrate the facts so that it fits into their story. So where shall we start, what about who killed James Bulger. Regardless of whether you believe they should be let out or not The Sun had already made up ...
...to this conclusion because of the vicious circle of the public anger towards the (now) adults, so The Sun (the ‘people’s paper’) echoes this view which fuels the public more. And not because it’s what they believe that they take this view but simply that they want to keep in line with the masses in order to sell more papers. This disregard of their responsibilities can be seen in a document that they printed ‘confirming’ ...

toastfuf 03.08.2001 (04.08.2001) · Read full review
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...28, a respected writer on the Ciao website (hey it’s my op, so I can be both “busty” and “respected” if I want too!! We can all dream…) went into hiding today after it was revealed that she “quite likes The Sun”. The brave brunette is now in the centre of a storm of controversy. Her shock announcement came after she read the newspaper in the pub whilst waiting for the England match to start this afternoon. ...
...would like to apologise for the distress that she may have caused to her family, friends and fellow Ciao-ers. Obviously we cannot disclose her whereabouts at this time for her own safety, but she is standing by her rash disclosure. She has prepared a statement that I will now read: ‘I will admit that my outburst was most unlike me, and I feel the need to clarify why I said what I said. I still stand behind it 100%, and my reasons for doing ...

minxette 07.10.2001 · Read full review
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...my sun holiday after having the original problems stated below. We all set off looking forward to a family holiday, only to find that when we got to the site, they were refurbishing it, so we had no pool (we did have permission to use the pool at Ashford but it was 40 minutes drive away) The entertainment had been scaled right down and was in the bar that was a public bar situated right by a main road, so not very practical for children, and the ...
...and we managed to get the only caravan that was dirty and had no curtains, all this for £98, If we had booked direct with the site rather than with the sun it would have cost us £90 and that was for a luxery caravan. We did end up paying an extra £30 for an upgrade so the total holiday cost come to £128 an extra £38 than the brochure price. I wouldn't recommend the sun holidays to anyone who has a large group and I also think we should have been ...

sarah14 25.02.2001 (03.04.2001) · Read full review
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...review!!!!! * What is the sun ? * The Sun is a British Tablod Newspaper availble in The Uk and Ireland.The current editor is Ross Kemp's fiance Rebekah Wade . The Sun began on September 15th 1964. The Sun is published monday to saturday and costs a small price of 35p. The sun includeds news , celebrities , sport , health , entertainment and lots more. * Logo * The Sun logo features a small font of 'THE' in white above a large white font of ...
...a topless model.This is perhaps the suggestion that this newspaper is mainly aimed at men. * The Sun Says * This is a column where the sun puts it's view across on news such as the England Football Team and Euro 2008. * Bizzare * This is a double page article edited by Victoria Newton.This article features the top 20 singles chart and top 10 albums chart along with all the recent gossip from celebland such as news and pictures of recent events ...

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...exactly my enemy I buy the thing every day but the Sun can be dangerous. The problem with a newspaper is that they are not regulated in the same way that television news is, this means that they can present opinion as fact. The Sun being the biggest seller in Britain naturally should have the biggest influence. This is not the case though. OK so there are some numbskulls out there who do not realise that the newspaper that they are reading can twist ...
...of the fact that they are opinionated however. In fact they relish in it with the "Sun Says" column and headlines such as "Would the last person out of Britain turn out the lights". If you know what the Sun is up to then they should not be able to manipulate you. If they can then you are probably someone who can barely read anyway. So buy the paper. I have never found a paper that is full of more Celebrity Gossip, good football news (all the other ...

bigkenny 18.04.2001 · Read full review
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...about soap stars.Consequently I find the Sun about as interesting as listening to Tony Blair waffle on about everything and anything in the way that he does.Sometimes I am left wondering whether this paper knows the difference between real life and television soaps. I know it may be viewed as good sport to knock the Sun, just for the sake of it but in all reality it doesn't hold up to any form of examination. More often than not the front page ...
...any degree of importance for the average person in the country, I think not. Sure the TV critic should be able to give us their opinion on soaps, like any other TV program, but not to have it running on the front page. Page after page of this newspaper is given over to kiss and tell stories involving some very 'C' list 'stars' or other such uninspired scoop. It does carry the main news stories, I admit, but they are covered in such a sensationalist ...

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