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BillyStubbsTears

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The Sun
« on September 17, 2019, 11:52:54 am by BillyStubbsTears »
Leopards and spots eh?

f**king hateful rag.



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IDM

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #1 on September 17, 2019, 12:30:14 pm by IDM »
Lower than a snakes belly..

Wouldn’t even use that rag for bog paper, my shit deserves better..

idler

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #2 on September 17, 2019, 12:44:35 pm by idler »
For those of us that would never look at it, what did it say please?
This is a genuine question and not a nobble.

Bentley Bullet

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #3 on September 17, 2019, 12:49:15 pm by Bentley Bullet »
.......Wish I'd had said it! Great nobble!!

DonnyOsmond

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #4 on September 17, 2019, 12:49:38 pm by DonnyOsmond »
Is this the Ben Stokes thing?

Bentley Bullet

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #5 on September 17, 2019, 12:52:00 pm by Bentley Bullet »
Is this the Ben Stokes thing?

Don't know, I don't read it. Billy will tell you!

MachoMadness

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #6 on September 17, 2019, 12:56:34 pm by MachoMadness »
For those of us that would never look at it, what did it say please?
This is a genuine question and not a nobble.
It's gutter journalism about a tragedy that happened to Ben Stokes' family before he was even born, as far as I know.

IDM

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #7 on September 17, 2019, 12:57:16 pm by IDM »
Big front page splash about a tragedy for Ben Stokes’ family that happened THREE YEARS BEFORE HE WAS BORN.!!

They sent journalists to his parents’ home in NZ to dig up an old and private story, to splash on their cover page to sell copy based on his fame today.

They don’t care who they hurt to sell more copy..

Have a look at the bbc cricket pages, there’s a summary on there and quotes from Ben stokes’ reply which is worth a read..

DonnyOsmond

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #8 on September 17, 2019, 01:00:06 pm by DonnyOsmond »
Is this the Ben Stokes thing?

Don't know, I don't read it. Billy will tell you!

To be fair it's all over Twitter after Ben's put out a statement so I reckon that's where BST has seen it.

Pancho Regan

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #9 on September 17, 2019, 01:02:17 pm by Pancho Regan »
I just saw this on BBC website.

Absolutely disgusting by The Sun, but totally in character.

A very dignified but heart-wrenching response from Ben Stokes.

Monkcaster_Rover

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #10 on September 17, 2019, 02:37:24 pm by Monkcaster_Rover »
I despise that rag. I really really do.

glosterred

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #11 on September 17, 2019, 04:44:13 pm by glosterred »
Remember the chant

I’d rather read a comic than the sun




Herbert Anchovy

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #12 on September 17, 2019, 05:01:59 pm by Herbert Anchovy »
Horrible, horrible paper

Geoff Blakesley

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #13 on September 17, 2019, 07:16:22 pm by Geoff Blakesley »
Hope the upshot from this leads to their demise !

idler

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #14 on September 17, 2019, 07:21:15 pm by idler »
For those of us that would never look at it, what did it say please?
This is a genuine question and not a nobble.
It was a genuine question BB but nothing that the Sun prints should surprise anyone. It's not like they haven't had previous.

Glyn_Wigley

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #15 on September 18, 2019, 08:20:16 am by Glyn_Wigley »
The statement from The Sun about it is smarmy b*llocks too. They say the story covers information that has been open and on public record for the past thirty years.

Yet apparently a thirty-year-old story that is well known is worthy of being a front-page splash and being sensationalised as a 'family secret'!
« Last Edit: September 18, 2019, 08:25:09 am by Glyn_Wigley »

BillyStubbsTears

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #16 on September 18, 2019, 01:47:56 pm by BillyStubbsTears »
And another tabloid beneath contempt.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49739345

What's so depressing is the number of people who read these f**king rags. They wouldn't grub about like this if there weren't millions of low-life who want to read about it.

drfchound

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #17 on September 18, 2019, 04:07:07 pm by drfchound »
And another tabloid beneath contempt.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49739345

What's so depressing is the number of people who read these f**king rags. They wouldn't grub about like this if there weren't millions of low-life who want to read about it.






Well, as someone who never buys a newspaper I wouldn’t have read about it either if that link hadn’t been posted on here.

BillyStubbsTears

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #18 on September 18, 2019, 06:17:45 pm by BillyStubbsTears »
So by that logic Hound, the world is fine as long as you don't get to hear about the shit that goes on?

The point is that the story about Thomas having HIV is already out there. I didn't read about it by reading a paper.

But it's out there because a t**t of a tabloid journalist went grubbing about and told Thomas's parents that he had HIV.

If someone was murdered and you don't hear about it, there's still someone murdered.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2019, 06:21:44 pm by BillyStubbsTears »

idler

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #19 on September 18, 2019, 06:27:23 pm by idler »
The thing that annoys me is some journalist decides that there is a story and pursues it irrespective of any hurt or damage caused to those involved.
I'm sure that most of us would be mortified to be pilloried for a minor mistake or misjudgement.

big fat yorkshire pudding

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #20 on September 18, 2019, 07:18:40 pm by big fat yorkshire pudding »
Yes but journalists have to cover stories even if it causes hurt and pain.

However and most importantly that has to be with context, timing and relevance of which this story has absolutely none.  It is pointless and unnecessary.  Telling stories is their job but bringing up history like this is baffling and pretty disgusting. Standard tabloid...

idler

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #21 on September 19, 2019, 09:48:29 am by idler »
A story in the National or Public interest fair enough but raking something up from 30 years ago that is no business of anybody is a bit much.
It's all about selling news and publicising their own paper. They would rather print lies and half truths than sell less papers printing the truth.
That's why I stopped buying regular daily papers in the 90s.

Draytonian III

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #22 on September 19, 2019, 08:02:16 pm by Draytonian III »
The only time I buy a paper is at an airport to pass the time on the plane journey , and on a Saturday of an away trip,the Daily Star because they have a large football crossword and it helps to blank out the “wonderful bingo run by that Paul fella “

Nudga

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #23 on September 19, 2019, 09:18:53 pm by Nudga »
I see Klopp refused to speak to a Sun journalist today.

SydneyRover

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #24 on September 19, 2019, 09:34:00 pm by SydneyRover »
I have problems believing that murdoch is allowed to publish newspapers or be involved in the media in the UK after the phone tapping shit that went on and the scandals that were uncovered, even Davo was bewitched by Ginger Dodger LOL.

drfchound

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #25 on September 19, 2019, 09:36:05 pm by drfchound »
I see Klopp refused to speak to a Sun journalist today.






Doesn’t that go way back to the reporting of the Hillsborough tragedy though Nudga.

Nudga

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #26 on September 19, 2019, 10:04:54 pm by Nudga »
I see Klopp refused to speak to a Sun journalist today.






Doesn’t that go way back to the reporting of the Hillsborough tragedy though Nudga.

Not sure mate, just saw it on twitter today, thought it was more to do with the Ben Stokes story amongst other things.

MachoMadness

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #27 on September 20, 2019, 09:37:26 am by MachoMadness »
I remember he refused to speak to Sun journalists not long after taking the Liverpool job, I assume he never has.

silent majority

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #28 on September 25, 2019, 06:50:18 am by silent majority »
Supporter organisations are still working in accord with their Liverpool colleagues and actively encouraging people to boycot the Sun. Klopp is part and parcel of that too.

wing commander

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Re: The Sun
« Reply #29 on September 25, 2019, 10:24:18 am by wing commander »
   Their has been some shocking journalism recently, from the Sun's terrible Stokes Story to the Guardians utter disgraceful article on David Cameron's feelings on the loss of his son.

  I wont buy the Sun anymore and haven't for a while and I wouldn't buy the Guardian anyway..

  Just what paper is out there who gives it straight down the line without bias left or right..And is worth a read???

 

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