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Anarcho-Socialist

(9,601 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:34 AM Jun 2014

What did you do with your copy of The Scum?

For the benefit of our US friends, the right-wing Rupert Murdoch-owned trash tabloid 'The Sun' was delivered free to 26 million households last Thursday as a special "World Cup, England" edition.

I looked through it and it was as bad as I remembered it. I heard that Tony Parsons had taken the Murdoch Shilling and is spouting pro-Cameron bile. The column of his I saw was an example of lame after-6-pints-pub-bore jingoism. Parsons gathers great comfort from his pile of money that eases his conscience.

The rag went in the compost and hopefully will poison the eventual weeds, just as it's poisoned our society.

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LeftishBrit

(41,190 posts)
5. The Page 3 stuff has become quite an issue
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 02:46 AM
Jun 2014

e.g.

http://nomorepage3.org/

One could, however, say that ALL of the Sun is objectionable and unsuitable for family reading!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. About time. I'm no prude, but it used to bug me no end to see those old
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 02:59 AM
Jun 2014

pervs on park benches with that page facing out and little kids with their parents in the park. It just seemed rude to me, and the pics were of the cheesiest, stupidest "Bennie Hill girl with her top off" type.

T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
7. The promotional edition in question....
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 07:14 AM
Jun 2014

....did not feature topless girls on page 3.

The regular editions of the Sun still have that crap though.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
8. Getting over it, then, do you think, or just not stirring the pot w/the promo?
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 08:26 AM
Jun 2014

It really is sexist seventies stupidity--so insulting to the intelligence of everyone, the models and the readers. I'd use a word that ends in --illation but I don't even want to snark. It's not even that it's shocking at this point, it's disrespectful and blatantly objectifying to the point it is almost comedic in an unfunny way. The "Oh no you did NOT just go there" type of unfunny.

Guess this is what happens when an old dog refuses to learn a new trick or two...and it IS possible for an old dog to do this; hell, I'm and old dog and I can keep up with the times; at least be aware of changing mores and sentiments!

T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
11. I don't think they could have got away with page 3 girls in a promo edition
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:24 AM
Jun 2014

I can see the day when the Currant Bun finally gets rid of page 3 girls. Mind you, it'll still be shite even without that cheap, tawdry and not even vaguely sexy nonsense.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,149 posts)
9. They didn't give me one
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 06:02 PM
Jun 2014

and I'm not in Liverpool either. Looks like Murdoch is still powerful enough to be able to rope in the 3 major party leaders for publicity stunts without actually following up with his promise. OK, I didn't want it, but they didn't know that.

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