Comments on: Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you The Sun newspaper http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 00:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1658223 Nathan Hornby Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1658223 I can imagine so - always felt like distributed propaganda to me. I can imagine so – always felt like distributed propaganda to me.

]]> By: jan angevine http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1657335 jan angevine Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1657335 Why is it no one has mentioned that she is a lawyer and a women's rights advocate? Hmmm? Why is it no one has mentioned that she is a lawyer and a women’s rights advocate? Hmmm?

]]> By: He's Spartacus http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1657262 He's Spartacus Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1657262 You missed the Reeve Steenkamp bikini spread in Puffington Host, then? 38 images, if memory serves. Sauce for the goose.... You missed the Reeve Steenkamp bikini spread in Puffington Host, then?

38 images, if memory serves.

Sauce for the goose….

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1657227 Gilbert Wham Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1657227  Owned by the Mail guy Metro, isn't it?  Owned by the Mail guy Metro, isn’t it?

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1657204 Aaron Gilliland Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1657204 You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl. You’re reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl.

]]> By: Drew_Gehringer http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1657163 Drew_Gehringer Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1657163 Rachel: "Is this testing whether I'm a replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?" Rachel: “Is this testing whether I’m a replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?”

]]> By: duncancreamer http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1657025 duncancreamer Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1657025 I thought they had decided to get rid of the Page 3 Girl… oh. Nevermind. I thought they had decided to get rid of the Page 3 Girl… oh. Nevermind.

]]> By: dragonflye http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1657002 dragonflye Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1657002 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 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

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656963 IronEdithKidd Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656963 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. 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.

]]> By: Luke http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656961 Luke Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656961 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.   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.  

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656892 Navin_Johnson Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656892  Well, The New York Post would probably sink this low too, but it's also owned by Murdoch....  Well, The New York Post would probably sink this low too, but it’s also owned by Murdoch….

]]> By: phuzz http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656884 phuzz Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656884  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)  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)

]]> By: bloodybl http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656862 bloodybl Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656862 Judge: Can I ask a personal question. Have you ever retired a human by mistake? Judge: Can I ask a personal question. Have you ever retired a human by mistake?

]]> By: bloodybl http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656855 bloodybl Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656855 Tell him I'm eating. Tell him I’m eating.

]]> By: Nonentity http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656854 Nonentity Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656854 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... 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…

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656826 Nathan Hornby Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656826 That's what the Metro is for. Which in all fairness is the Sun without tits. That’s what the Metro is for.

Which in all fairness is the Sun without tits.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656825 Nathan Hornby Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656825 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. 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.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656823 Nathan Hornby Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656823 It's appropriate keming, but bad kerning. http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/02/idea_a_new_typography_term.html It’s appropriate keming, but bad kerning.

http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/02/idea_a_new_typography_term.html

]]> By: peterkvt80 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656802 peterkvt80 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656802 Deckard: "You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl. " Deckard: “You’re reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl. “

]]> By: peterkvt80 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656800 peterkvt80 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656800 Did you get your precious photos? Did you get your precious photos?

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656778 Dlo Burns Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656778 Look this only proves handi-capable people can do what anyone else can. Look this only proves handi-capable people can do what anyone else can.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656777 Dlo Burns Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656777 Like it was composed in MSword Like it was composed in MSword

]]> By: aperturehead http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656766 aperturehead Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656766 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. 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.

]]> By: aperturehead http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656753 aperturehead Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656753 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) 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)

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656748 SedanChair Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656748 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>I</i> be commanding <i>you</i> to do <i>tomorrow?</i>" 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?“

]]> By: Philboyd Studge http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656746 Philboyd Studge Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656746 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/# 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/#

]]> By: echar http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656737 echar Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656737 I am not fully sure I understand what is going on, but  I think I like it.  I am not fully sure I understand what is going on, but  I think I like it. 

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656724 Preston Sturges Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656724 You'll love it! It looks just like a TeleFunken U-47. You’ll love it!
It looks just like a TeleFunken U-47.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656720 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656720 Because Rupert's horrid little rags would, realistically, be last against the wall when the crackdown comes? Because Rupert’s horrid little rags would, realistically, be last against the wall when the crackdown comes?

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-i-presen.html#comment-1656717 Preston Sturges Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213148#comment-1656717 Let me tell you about my mother. Let me tell you about my mother.

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