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Previously on "The Sun caught out lying, again...never"

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  • NickFitz
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    They've now published a "clarification". It clarifies the fact that the piece was completely untrue

    Clarification

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  • NickFitz
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    And now it turns out that the train he claimed he travelled on out of Croatia wasn't running that day - there was a replacement bus service, which would have made him miss his connection at Salzburg

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    You'd think they could employ somebody who checks the stuff freelancers write, to make sure it's accurate and should be in the paper. They could call them "the editor" or some such title
    In the Wail when they make up stories it's just "Daily Mail Reporter".

    And no the editor knows nothing especially if there surname is Brookes.

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  • darmstadt
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    The Sun does actually do corrections and apologies but in other newspapers: http://i100.independent.co.uk/articl...on--ZkIij0Ik9g

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    We know that the Sun, along with many other media outlets of all persuasions, tend to lie
    FTFY

    Corrections and clarifications | News | The Guardian

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    We know that the Sun, along with many other right wing media outlets, tend to occasionally constantly lie
    FTFY.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    The bloke who wrote it was a freelancer though. Definitely not an employee. He isn't even invited on the christmas do, so that proves it.
    You'd think they could employ somebody who checks the stuff freelancers write, to make sure it's accurate and should be in the paper. They could call them "the editor" or some such title

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  • ELBBUBKUNPS
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    Bring back page 3

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I used to work with a chap who got the Sun every day. He explained "It's just a comic to read over lunch, and it's handy for the TV schedule. I find out what's really happening from the TV news."
    Understood. And how many Sun "readers" are that clever?

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I never knew the sun had any true stories.

    I once shared a regular train commute with a sun reader. I asked him why he read that drivel. "It is best for sports news" he said.

    Maybe newspapers should be banned from combining proper news and sports news?
    Used to date the Daughter of one of the Sun's Racing Pundits. Champion bloke.

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  • quackhandle
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    You get more facts from Viz.

    qh

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I used to work with a chap who got the Sun every day. He explained "It's just a comic to read over lunch, and it's handy for the TV schedule. I find out what's really happening from the TV news."
    I know a Liverpool fan who buys it on a Saturday for the weekly TV guide. The look the other Liverpool fan gave him was priceless.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I never knew the sun had any true stories.

    I once shared a regular train commute with a sun reader. I asked him why he read that drivel. "It is best for sports news" he said.

    Maybe newspapers should be banned from combining proper news and sports news?
    I used to work with a chap who got the Sun every day. He explained "It's just a comic to read over lunch, and it's handy for the TV schedule. I find out what's really happening from the TV news."

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  • BrilloPad
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    I never knew the sun had any true stories.

    I once shared a regular train commute with a sun reader. I asked him why he read that drivel. "It is best for sports news" he said.

    Maybe newspapers should be banned from combining proper news and sports news?

    Leave a comment:


  • barrydidit
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    The bloke who wrote it was a freelancer though. Definitely not an employee. He isn't even invited on the christmas do, so that proves it.

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