[News] The Sun what an absolutely gutter press paper it really is!

[Doc Lynam]

How is the story reg Stokes family of any public interest?

A family deals with the grief of a tragedy over 30 years ago and has it all rehashed around the world so The Sun gets a sensation story!

 

[wigman]

How is the story reg Stokes family of any public interest?

A family deals with the grief of a tragedy over 30 years ago and has it all rehashed around the world so The Sun gets a sensation story!

The simple answer is not to ever buy a copy.
It's a comic, and a poor one at that.

 

[Ernest]

We've had players only too happy to take their money though

 

[Mellotron]

Scumbag paper with less than no morals. Disgusting that they're allowed to make money whilst actively making the country a worse place.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It isn't in the public interest, and is a tragedy that happened in Ben's family before he was even born. It is worse than gutter press, and I think the Leveson inquiry should have had more clout.

Yes I believe in a free press but not to cause people severe distress, who are not even in the public eye.

 

[Juan Albion]

The worst thing about this is that it wasn't a hasty decision to go with this story that they got wrong. Clearly this story took them a while to put together and at no time did they reflect and realise it was simply wrong.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

We've had players only too happy to take their money though

Does that justify what the rag has done?

 

[Pavilionaire]

The Sun = A comic for morons.

 

[borat]

The Sun, The Mail and the Express - all toilet paper

 

[Machiavelli]

The Sun = A comic for morons.

Better give it a go then

 

[Uh_huh_him]

It's an incredible story.
You would have thought they would have to seek permission to print something like this.

The fact that Stokes has never spoken about it, should be a big enough clue that maybe they should ask permission first.

 

[GT49er]

The simple answer is not to ever buy a copy.

Indeed. Follow Liverpool's lead.

 

[Bold Seagull]

The Sun, The Mail and the Express - all toilet paper

But dangerous, with great influence, propaganda and political power. 3m read this toilet paper every day...

 

[Lincoln Imp]

The Sun, The Mail and the Express - all toilet paper

Kings of the Brexit propaganda sheets too.

 

[GT49er]

Agree with the OP. Totally unnecessary 'story'.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It's an incredible story.
You would have thought they would have to seek permission to print something like this.

The fact that Stokes has never spoken about it, should be a big enough clue that maybe they should ask permission first.

It happened two years before he was even born.

In a statement, Stokes said the story concerned "events in the private lives of my family, going back more than 31 years" and had "serious inaccuracies which has compounded the damage caused".

"The decision to publish these details has grave and lifelong consequences for my mum in particular," he said.

The Durham and England all-rounder added: "To use my name as an excuse to shatter the privacy and private lives of - in particular - my parents is utterly disgusting.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49726913

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

With all that is happening in the world at the moment, not least in our own heartland of British politics, one would of thought that they had richer pickings than this.

Then again, when was the Sun ever a "news" paper?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I wouldn’t even wipe my ar*e on it. It’s staff should be ashamed and embarrassed by this - but they won’t be.

 

[GT49er]

The Sun, The Mail and the Express - all toilet paper

Kings of the Brexit propaganda sheets too.

But dangerous, with great influence, propaganda and political power. 3m read this toilet paper every day...

So 14M leave voters are not Sun/Express/Mail readers................hmmm. Another stereotyping fail then.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Do we get the Press we deserve?

Or do we deserve the Press we get?

Discuss