The Sun (United Kingdom)

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The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1964 as a broadsheet and successor to the Daily Herald, it was relaunched as a tabloid in 1969. For more than 50 years, the paper's journalistic ethics have received much comment.

Selected headlines[edit]

  • GOTCHA!
    • Headline (in early editions, 4 May 1982) following the sinking of the Argentinian General Belgrano during the Falklands War.
  • IT'S WALL OVER
  • IT WAS THE SUN WOT WON IT
  • UP YOURS DELORS
  • DINIZ IN THE OVEN
    • After [[w:Pedro Diniz|Pedro Diniz]']s car caught fire during the Grand Prix of Argentina (1996).
  • ZIP ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO
  • SPLIFF CLUB SEVEN
  • CLOBBA SLOBBA: OUR BOYS BATTER BUTCHER OF SERBIA IN NATO BLITZ
  • IS THIS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN BRITAIN
  • IS THIS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN EUROPE
  • NAIL THE BASTARD
  • BONKERS BRUNO LOCKED UP
    • Unpopular headline after Frank Bruno entered hospital with mental health problems.
  • CHIRAC EST UN VER
    • "Chirac is a worm"; French edition, handed out free in France because of his anti Iraq War stance (February 2003).
  • TYRANT'S IN HIS PANTS
    • After publishing pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underpants (20 May 2005).

Fictional Headlines[edit]

  • SCOTT OF PANTARTICA
    • From the film Notting Hill, when nude pictures of actress Anna Scott are found

Quotes about The Sun[edit]

  • Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits.
    • Yes, Prime Minister, Series 2 ep. 4:
    • From late 1970, the newspaper's Page 3 contained images of topless female models. The feature was finally discontinued in 2015 after many years of controversy.

External links[edit]

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