The Soaring Sunday Sun

[Ferretfancy]

I was mildly amused by the heap of Sunday Suns on my newsagent's counter this morning.
It bore a huge headline :- AMANDA HOLDEN MY HEART STOPPED BEATING FOR FORTY SECONDS

Somewhat reminiscent of Dorothy Parker on the death of President Coolidge " How could they tell ? "

2 / 10 Must try harder !

[Petrushka]

Change the name the game's the same.

[Frances_iom]

presumeably they are still going thru their database of retrieved medical records - were her bank details also available ?

[french frank]

Alastair Campbell tweets: "Sun on Sunday have clearly put a phoney front page out. Real one will be second edition. Otherwise major 'is that it?' problem". [Source: BBC News Online ]

[handsomefortune]

presumeably they are still going thru their database of retrieved medical records - were her bank details also available ?

typically frances_iom, but surely that was an approach reminiscent of 'the good olde days' at ni, when predictably, any amount of harm to individuals was warmly welcomed! whereas it's tempting to assume this a novel tactical move? a one off, to make readers yearn for 'the news of the world', wish it was still around, and instead buy the new sunday ni product? the first edition of 'the sun on sunday' apparently provides 'proof' of how tedious recent 'enforced tabloid restraint' actually is? (or so ni will possibly calculate of their readers' disappointment, in response to the tameness of amanda holden 'news').

by now, many will be missing notw's boundless range of routine perversions, and extra prurient approach, and looking for the nearest alternative read, having become addicts of 'the gutter press'.

perhaps many ex notw readers still remain confused about the difference between 'what interests notw readers' and the possibility that some journalism might genuinely be 'in the public interest' ... even after the leveson inquirys revelations, which many 'notw' fans have probably totally ignored, in a big ignorant sulk.

happily, i don't know who amanda holden is, ....or what happened to her ....so have no gauge as to how 'satisfactory' reading about her alleged temporary siezure is to others.....? perhaps she's an olympic swimmer, holding her breath under water, in training for 2012 games? but then, that type of sporting patriotism (which might be potentially worthwhile) isn't usually the type that notw, or 'the sun' etc excell at, as regards female athletes especially. not unless they can squeeze in some red circles, and sheer spite, to emphasise amanda's 'faults' ....though now we've seen the seedy fat s*ds who draw them, courtesy of the inquiry, the ubiquitous red circles perhaps don't have the 'authority' readers once believed in so implicitly. (that is, hopefully, fingers crossed....we'll have to await next week's 'sun on sunday', and those that follow,.............. if ni doesn't fold). not that i'll be holding my breath in anticipation of the eventual outcome next sunday!

[kernelbogey]

[...]AMANDA HOLDEN MY HEART STOPPED BEATING FOR FORTY SECONDS[...]

Would that be the Amanda Holden who translated Da Ponte libretti?

[Mahlerei]

Apparently Rupe has Tweeted sales of 3m today.

[Frances_iom]

presumeably they are still going thru their database of retrieved medical records - were her bank details also available ?

typically frances_iom, ...

hadn't realised my house style was so obvious - maybe I should reserve my venom for others working to lower the level of 'British' popular media now that Rupert has seen the error of his ways.
If Rupert is contrite enough (and buys off the remaining court cases) will boy David make-up and give him a TV company all to himself so he can rebroadcast Faux news to counteract the leftwing bias in the rest of the UK media.

[mangerton]

hadn't realised my house style was so obvious - maybe I should reserve my venom for others working to lower the level of 'British' popular media now that Rupert has seen the error of his ways.

Whatever makes you think that? I wouldn't trust him, or any of his sidekicks or organisations one inch. Keep putting the boot in!

For the avoidance of doubt, these remarks apply also to the coalition and all their nefarious activities.

ps: Who is Amanda Holden?

[Ferretfancy]

Just for the record, Amanda Holden is an actress who was in a seemingly interminable BBC series on Sunday nights about a forensic pathologist, and it would be hard to imagine a more boring performer, hence my original reference to Dorothy Parker.

[Serial_Apologist]

Just for the record, Amanda Holden is an actress who was in a seemingly interminable BBC series on Sunday nights about a forensic pathologist, and it would be hard to imagine a more boring performer, hence my original reference to Dorothy Parker.

Ah YES - she of the enigmatic, faraway stare. Thanks for the reminder, FF!

[LHC]

Ah YES - she of the enigmatic, faraway stare. Thanks for the reminder, FF!

You are thinking of Amanda Burton. Amanda Holden is another actress and sometime star of musicals. She is perhaps best known for being a judge on one of Simon Cowell's dismal talent shows. I understand her main contribution is to burst into tears after every performance (I don't know myself, having never actually watched one of those programmes).

[handsomefortune]

Apparently Rupe has Tweeted sales of 3m today.

according to 'more or less' programme on r4, we are apparently highly unlikely to find that murdoch did sell 3 million copies as alleged. 'more or less' insist such round figures are usually largely fictional.

perhaps rupe meant two hundred and seventeen.....? but rounded it off to 3 million, for public useage, and in order to promote 'sales confidence' in his products.

[Serial_Apologist]

Apparently Rupe has Tweeted sales of 3m today.

according to 'more or less' programme on r4, we are apparently highly unlikely to find that murdoch did sell 3 million copies as alleged. 'more or less' insist such round figures are usually largely fictional.

perhaps rupe meant two hundred and seventeen.....? but rounded it off to 3 million, for public useage, and in order to promote 'sales confidence' in his products.

Or perhaps someone at the Sun unintentionally misplaced a decimal point...

[Lateralthinking1]

Sounds like a piece of trashy fiction from his little sister or someone. If he wants absolute control, he'll have to cut everybody's hands off.