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27 October 2007

Open Mouth, Insert... I was at a birthday party today, and I openly ridiculed The Sun ('newpaper'). Oops. →[More:] I thought my BIL had taken leave of his senses, and I called him on it. 'What are you doing reading this rag? Good Lord, it's awful.' I went on to make fun of the Page Three girl (what sort of newspaper has gratituitous tit shots?), the fact that there's ANOTHER 'OMFG SOMEONE KIDNAPPED MADDY!!1!!1!!!' "story" on the front page (replete with ridiculous 'police sketch') and Rupert Murdoch himself, the biggest twat to ever plague the publishing business.

The newpapers (there were actually two of them there) belonged to HIS brother-in-law, who didn't appreciate my comments.

I really should've really learnt to tell when Conservatives are in the same room by now. Silly me.

post by: chuckdarwin at: 12:46 | 12 comments

It's not just conservatives that read that huge, festering Murdoch-owned gutter rag, it's just about anyone at the lower end of the intellectual spectrum. Which is worrying as it's the most popular and politically influential paper in the UK (see this Wikipedia article on the 1992 general election which mentions the paper's infamous "will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights" headline).

posted by TheDonF 27 October | 13:17

You can't conclude that someone votes Conservative based on them reading the Sun. For instance, the Sun supported Blair for ten years and probably still supports Brown.

Demographically, the Sun readership and the Conservative 'base' are about as far apart as it's possible to be. The paper most associated with the Tories is the Telegraph, politically and demographically, but even then there are plenty of non-Tory-voting Telegraph readers.

Newspaper choice is a deep, murky and complex social minefield. Beyond the fact that they're probably ill-informed and ill-considered, you can't tell much about someone's political opinions just from knowing they're a Sun reader.

posted by matthewr 27 October | 13:31

You can't tell their political opinions, but you sure can tell whether they wish to know what's going on around the world, or if they like to have smoke blown up their ass.

posted by Five Fresh Fish 27 October | 13:41

And you can also know that they're cheap. Isn't it only 20p or something ridiculous? At least the tits are real...

posted by goo 27 October | 13:43

Yeah, you don't know that everyone that reads the sun is conservative. But it's safe to conclude that anyone that reads the sun is a dumbass. Which is just as good.

posted by puke & cry 27 October | 14:31

what sort of newspaper has gratituitous tit shots?

Um, awesome?

posted by pieisexactlythree 27 October | 16:45

what sort of newspaper has gratituitous tit shots?

You clearly understand nothing. The tit shots are the point of the rag. It's the accompanying "news" that's gratituitous.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 October | 18:03

*favourites IRFH's comment*

posted by chuckdarwin 28 October | 06:05

pieisexactlythree, I think you'll be wanting The Daily Sport.

posted by chuckdarwin 28 October | 06:08

At least it wasn't the fucking Guardian.
Now that's a gratuitous annoying rag.

posted by seanyboy 28 October | 06:15

The Guardian may be annoying, but at least they're not leading with Maddy again.

posted by chuckdarwin 28 October | 14:01

what sort of newspaper has gratituitous tit shots?

Sadly, none of the ones around here.

posted by King of Prontopia 29 October | 00:49

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