Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you The Sun newspaper

Does tomorrow's cover of UK tabloid The Sun not possess a certain je ne sais quoi? The subtle alliteration, dancing down the page in distinctive formal juxtaposition against the stark prosody of the headline itself. The exquisitely photoshopped composition, its 1990s GIF-style cutouts echoing memories of better days. The framing of murdered South African model Reeva Steenkamp with a lavender-blue backdrop, also photoshopped—and so richly symbolic of the deadly tension between the self-referential and the stochastic. The tragic allure in Steenkamp's eyes. The mechanical inevitability of stock-art digital clocks. This is surely one of the artist's greatest canvasses: while the 1989 classic Victims of the Hillsborough Disaster will forever remain Rupert Murdoch's most fitting birthday tribute to Hitler, this new masterpiece surely heralds a renaissance in his critical fortunes.

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http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith

He says you Blade Runner

edit: gee that film looks great. I got stuck in google images yesterday because of this story.
- peterkvt80
  
  Did you get your precious photos?
- bloodybl
  
  Tell him I’m eating.
- http://www.aarongilliland.com/ Aaron Gilliland
  
  You’re reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl.
Marc45

Methinks your reading far too much intention in a crappy tabloid ;)
- aperturehead
  
  Speaking of guns. No one is holding guns to the collective temples of the tens of thousands of British readers who buy The Sun every day.
  
  Of course, Steenkamp’s bold photo is a self-parody of the PAGE 3 GIRL kind of which the SUN is known.Rob, your text is on the satirical and/or sarcastic side – which is all fine and good, BUT the stinging bite of sarcasm has never stalled the the almghty dollar (or in this case, the almighty few pence)
http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch

They should have added “Turn to Page 3 for Non-Tragic Boobs” to keep the 3 theme – and general vibe of class – going for one more round.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  My first thought was that she must be a Page 3 Girl.
  - http://www.facebook.com/people/Shane-Simmons/100000053744641 Shane Simmons
    
    Looked her up, and that’s very close: FHM.
  - phuzz
    
    I assumed that when Murdoch said they were going to tone down page three, that in fact they were just going to move the boobs to the front cover, Sunday Sport style.
    (For non UK readers, yes, there are shitty tabloids over here that have worse covers than the above, every bloody day)
Quaternion

Masterpiece? Pfff. My suspension of disbelief was of course complete until I noticed that there should be more padding around the 1 in the 3:10. It’s like they never looked at a digital clock before.
- http://blog.glennf.com/ Glenn Fleishman
  
  Inappropriate keming.
  - http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns
    
    Like it was composed in MSword
  - http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
    
    It’s appropriate keming, but bad kerning.
    
    http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/02/idea_a_new_typography_term.html
- IronEdithKidd
  
  The ‘shooped in clock looks like a timer from a running event, not your standard LCD alarm clock. I call that rather startling attention to detail for a tabloid cover.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones

Damn cyborgs!
- Preston Sturges
  
  You’ll love it!
  It looks just like a TeleFunken U-47.
robuluz

Hey, the Sun is just reporting the facts about this sexy murder.
elix

Remind me why we’re still fighting to defend our freedom of speech and the continued right to independent journalism again?
- fuzzyfuzzyfungus
  
  Because Rupert’s horrid little rags would, realistically, be last against the wall when the crackdown comes?
Jake0748

Britain’s Most Popular Paper. It says so right there at the top. Sometimes it is nice to be reminded that the US isn’t the ONLY fucked up country in the world. Thank you, drive through.
- Daneel
  
  Thing is, it’s probably Britain’s most hated paper, too. Okay, second.
- aperturehead
  
  Most of the newspaper business (in London at least) is driven by commuters (pun intended) – people just gots to have something to read on those bus and Underground commutes. The entire city teems with literature and publishing enterprises of all sorts, not simply the salacious kind.
  - http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
    
    That’s what the Metro is for.
    
    Which in all fairness is the Sun without tits.
    - Gilbert Wham
      
      Owned by the Mail guy Metro, isn’t it?
      - http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
        
        I can imagine so – always felt like distributed propaganda to me.
- http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
  
  Even if it’s the most popular paper (which I’d question), it’s not the most popular news source.
  
  Unlike Fox most people that read the Sun know that it’s all tits and drivel, that’s just what they like.
  
  The Daily Mail is far more dangerous, because the people that read it think that it’s actual news.
- Navin_Johnson
  
  Well, The New York Post would probably sink this low too, but it’s also owned by Murdoch….
Daneel

Gotcha!
http://twitter.com/honest_engine David Miller

Am I the only one who just assumes she didn’t pass his Voit Kampf test?
- Preston Sturges
  
  She’s retired?
  - http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith
    
    She must have asked him about his mother.
    - Preston Sturges
      
      Let me tell you about my mother.
http://troped.com/ R. E. Warner

Not to play on their bad nickname, but something about this *does* look like a magazine cover out of the movie (Bladerunner)
- Philboyd Studge
  
  Indeed. I’m still keen to find out what’s up with that Dorgon issue.
  
  http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/the-fake-magazines-used-in-blade-runner-are-still-futuristic-awesome/257718/#
- peterkvt80
  
  Deckard: “You’re reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl. “
  - Drew_Gehringer
    
    Rachel: “Is this testing whether I’m a replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?”
peteywheats

I love legitimate Art Criticism.
echar

I am not fully sure I understand what is going on, but I think I like it.
http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair

This picture said: ”Boo-OHHHH I’M CAPITAL! WORSHIP ME! I commanded Rupert Murdoch to print this front page, and that’s exactly what he did. Had he failed to print it, he’d have been committing the Sin of Not Max Profiting.”

Then it turned to you and said: “What’ll I be commanding you to do tomorrow?“
http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

Look this only proves handi-capable people can do what anyone else can.
Nonentity

I love how, rather than saying he murdered his lover, they seem to be quoting someone else saying it. Either that, or they’re using the phrase as a euphemism…
- http://twitter.com/Luke1972 Luke
  
  That’s so they can’t get sued for libel before he is found guilty (or if he is found innocent) at the trail. It’s standard practise in UK press.
bloodybl

Judge: Can I ask a personal question. Have you ever retired a human by mistake?
dragonflye

Jezebel just posted an article regarding coverage of this:

http://jezebel.com/5984531/newspapers-report-that-awesome-athlete-oscar-pistorius-may-have-killed-some-hot-chick
duncancreamer

I thought they had decided to get rid of the Page 3 Girl… oh. Nevermind.
http://hesspartacus.tumblr.com/ He’s Spartacus

You missed the Reeve Steenkamp bikini spread in Puffington Host, then?

38 images, if memory serves.

Sauce for the goose….
http://twitter.com/janjamm jan angevine

Why is it no one has mentioned that she is a lawyer and a women’s rights advocate? Hmmm?