Comments on: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Julian McDougall http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83952 Julian McDougall Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:43:04 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83952 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Useful piece to set up debate about The Sun @ 40 free press etc http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/</span></span> Useful piece to set up debate about The Sun @ 40 free press etc http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/

]]> By: Alice http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83873 Alice Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:58:59 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83873 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/3y3HOg</span></span> Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/3y3HOg

]]> By: Al http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83670 Al Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:16:22 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83670 The Sun wasn't so bad when it was originally re-launched - basically just a re-branded Daily Herald. Dennis Potter wrote TV reviews for it, amusingly enough. But then Murdoch took over... The Sun wasn’t so bad when it was originally re-launched – basically just a re-branded Daily Herald. Dennis Potter wrote TV reviews for it, amusingly enough. But then Murdoch took over…

]]> By: pagar http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83605 pagar Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:02:00 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83605 @6 Well done, Tim. You are clearly too intelligent to fall for a Green Teal wet fly. I'll try a bit of cheddar next time !!!!!!! @6

Well done, Tim.

You are clearly too intelligent to fall for a Green Teal wet fly.

I’ll try a bit of cheddar next time !!!!!!!

]]> By: tim f http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83588 tim f Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:08:50 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83588 #4 Sounds like it, doesn't it? I'm rushing off to church now, so you'll have to decide whether that's down to being a Christian, a feminist, a nanny-statist-Labour-apologist, or a little from all three columns. #4

Sounds like it, doesn’t it?

I’m rushing off to church now, so you’ll have to decide whether that’s down to being a Christian, a feminist, a nanny-statist-Labour-apologist, or a little from all three columns.

]]> By: Claude http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83585 Claude Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:00:07 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83585 #2 People have always liked "mammaries glands". Let's just say the tabloids contributed significantly towards turning said glands into national obsessions. #2 People have always liked “mammaries glands”. Let’s just say the tabloids contributed significantly towards turning said glands into national obsessions.

]]> By: pagar http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83572 pagar Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:25:20 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83572 <i>I certainly think it’s contributed to the normalisation of pornography.</i> Sounds like you disapprove, Tim...... I certainly think it’s contributed to the normalisation of pornography.

Sounds like you disapprove, Tim……

]]> By: tim f http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83569 tim f Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:59:51 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83569 I certainly think it's contributed to the normalisation of pornography. I certainly think it’s contributed to the normalisation of pornography.

]]> By: Shatterface http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83567 Shatterface Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:53:45 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83567 'It’s undisputed that the Sun managed to push its way to the forefront of Britain’s contemporary culture. From shifting the nation’s attention towards mammary glands...' I know people here like to blame the meeja for everything but really, The Sun is responsible for 'the Nation' (by which you presumably mean heterosexual men) men liking breasts? ‘It’s undisputed that the Sun managed to push its way to the forefront of Britain’s contemporary culture. From shifting the nation’s attention towards mammary glands…’

I know people here like to blame the meeja for everything but really, The Sun is responsible for ‘the Nation’ (by which you presumably mean heterosexual men) men liking breasts?

]]> By: blogs of the world http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-84085 blogs of the world Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:42:16 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-84085 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The incident looked positively tame compared to what happened two years later. The Hillsborough tragedy be... http://reduce.li/5govil #year</span></span> The incident looked positively tame compared to what happened two years later. The Hillsborough tragedy be… http://reduce.li/5govil #year

]]> By: Jen Constantine http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83552 Jen Constantine Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:32:10 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83552 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT: @libcon: :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I</span></span> RT: @libcon: :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I

]]> By: Mark Reckons http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83547 Mark Reckons Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:20:48 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83547 You don't even have to go that far back. How about <a href="http://markreckons.blogspot.com/2009/11/sun-smears-professor-david-nutts-family.html" rel="nofollow">the disgraceful smear on Professor David Nutt's children they published yesterday</a>? The link is to my blogpost on it, rather than the original article. You don’t even have to go that far back. How about the disgraceful smear on Professor David Nutt’s children they published yesterday?

The link is to my blogpost on it, rather than the original article.

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83544 uberVU - social comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:25:26 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83544 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by libcon: :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Adam Bienkov http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83542 Adam Bienkov Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:16:26 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83542 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I</span></span> RT @libcon :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I

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]]> By: Amy Angus http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83551 Amy Angus Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:34:32 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83551 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I</span></span> RT @libcon :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I

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]]> By: Claire Butler http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/15/lamenting-40-years-of-the-sun/#comment-83545 Claire Butler Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:29:42 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9147#comment-83545 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I</span></span> RT @libcon :: Lamenting 40 years of The Sun http://bit.ly/1luV4I

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