Don’t forget the shameful way,through the s*n, they led the country to believe Liverpool fans were to blame for the Hillsborough tragedy. Utter snakes the lot of them.
Ah, The Sun and its infamous dive into the pool of bad taste journalism. Let's revisit its Hillsborough coverage, shall we? On April 19, 1989, the paper emblazoned "The Truth" across its front page—a title so laughably ironic it should come with a rim-shot sound effect.
Among its "revelations"? That Liverpool fans pick-pocketed the dead, urinated on police, and attacked officers performing CPR. Astonishing claims that were not just false but seemed like the fever dream of someone trying to win a "Worst Take of the Year" competition. Even Orwell would have paused and gone, "This is a bit much, lads."
Naturally, the backlash was volcanic. Liverpudlians didn't just turn their backs on the paper—they built metaphorical bonfires of it and danced on the ashes. Despite half-baked apologies over the years, including one from Kelvin MacKenzie, the editor who signed off on this tabloid travesty, Liverpool collectively responded with, "Thanks, but no thanks," and continued their decades-long boycott.
The real "truth"? Hillsborough was a catastrophic failure of crowd management by South Yorkshire Police, as thoroughly laid bare in reports like the Hillsborough Independent Panel's findings in 2012 and the 2016 inquests. But why let facts ruin a headline when you can fan flames with baseless accusations, right? The Sun might have tried to spin its errors as "unintentional," but even a primary school student knows that copying the wrong answer is still a fail.
To this day, for Liverpool fans and many others, The Sun remains about as welcome as a rainstorm at Glastonbury. So, kudos to YOU Alan for reminding us all that sometimes, the only thing worse than no news is The Sun!
Don’t forget the shameful way,through the s*n, they led the country to believe Liverpool fans were to blame for the Hillsborough tragedy. Utter snakes the lot of them.
Ah, The Sun and its infamous dive into the pool of bad taste journalism. Let's revisit its Hillsborough coverage, shall we? On April 19, 1989, the paper emblazoned "The Truth" across its front page—a title so laughably ironic it should come with a rim-shot sound effect.
Among its "revelations"? That Liverpool fans pick-pocketed the dead, urinated on police, and attacked officers performing CPR. Astonishing claims that were not just false but seemed like the fever dream of someone trying to win a "Worst Take of the Year" competition. Even Orwell would have paused and gone, "This is a bit much, lads."
Naturally, the backlash was volcanic. Liverpudlians didn't just turn their backs on the paper—they built metaphorical bonfires of it and danced on the ashes. Despite half-baked apologies over the years, including one from Kelvin MacKenzie, the editor who signed off on this tabloid travesty, Liverpool collectively responded with, "Thanks, but no thanks," and continued their decades-long boycott.
The real "truth"? Hillsborough was a catastrophic failure of crowd management by South Yorkshire Police, as thoroughly laid bare in reports like the Hillsborough Independent Panel's findings in 2012 and the 2016 inquests. But why let facts ruin a headline when you can fan flames with baseless accusations, right? The Sun might have tried to spin its errors as "unintentional," but even a primary school student knows that copying the wrong answer is still a fail.
To this day, for Liverpool fans and many others, The Sun remains about as welcome as a rainstorm at Glastonbury. So, kudos to YOU Alan for reminding us all that sometimes, the only thing worse than no news is The Sun!