The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1964 as a broadsheet and successor to the Daily Herald, it was relaunched as a tabloid in 1969. For more than 50 years, the paper's journalistic ethics have received much comment.
Selected headlines
- STICK IT UP YOUR JUNTA
- On rejecting peace proposals before the Falklands War (20 April 1982), cited in "The Top 10: Headlines", The Independent (10 December 2018).
- GOTCHA!
- Headline (in early editions, 4 May 1982) following the sinking of the Argentinian General Belgrano during the Falklands War.
- FREDDIE STARR ATE MY HAMSTER - Allegations about comedian Freddie Starr
- Headline (13 March 1986).
- IT'S WALL OVER
- The fall of the Berlin Wall (10 November 1989).
- THE TRUTH
- Headline (19 April 1989) on a story about misbehaviour by Liverpool FC fans during the Hillsborough stadium disaster. The story led to a boycott of the paper on Merseyside which has yet to end.
- MRS T-EARS
- On Margaret Thatcher's resignation (1990)
- IF KINNOCK WINS TODAY WILL THE LAST PERSON IN BRITAIN PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
- About Neil Kinnock and the 1992 general election
- IT WAS THE SUN WOT WON IT
- Claim after John Major's victory (1992).
- UP YOURS DELORS
- On President of the European Commission Jacques Delors.
- YANKS 2 PLANKS 0!
- On the humiliating 2–0 defeat by the United States in the 1993 U.S. Cup (11 June 1993).
- THAT'S YER ALLOTMENT
- On the resignation of England Manager Graham Taylor, after his side's failure to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup (24 November 1993).
- DINIZ IN THE OVEN
- After [[w:Pedro Diniz|Pedro Diniz]']s car caught fire during the Grand Prix of Argentina (1996).
- QUEEN HAS A RUBBER DUCK AND IT WEARS A CROWN
- Queen Elizabeth II has a Rubber duck (October 2001).
- ZIP ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO
- After George Michael was arrested in a public toilet
- CLOBBA SLOBBA: OUR BOYS BATTER BUTCHER OF SERBIA IN NATO BLITZ
- Bombing Yugoslavia.
- IS THIS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN BRITAIN
- Questioning Tony Blair's views on Europe (24 June 1998).
- IS THIS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN EUROPE
- Questioning Oskar Lafontaine's views, during the Euro debate (25 November 1998).
- NAIL THE BASTARD
- After the body of Sarah Payne was found.
- BONKERS BRUNO LOCKED UP
- Unpopular headline after Frank Bruno entered hospital with mental health problems.
- UP YOURS SEÑORS
- After beating Argentina in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- CHIRAC EST UN VER
- SHIP SHIP HOORAY
- After the suicide of Harold Shipman (January 2004).
- FROM HITLER YOUTH TO PAPA RATZI
- Joseph Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedict XVI (20 April 2005).
- TYRANT'S IN HIS PANTS
- After publishing pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underpants (20 May 2005).
- ONE DOWN THREE TO GO
- On the death of 27 year old Brazilian man Jean Charles de Menezes (23 July 2005).
Fictional Headlines
- KILL AN ARGIE WIN A METRO
- Spoof Private Eye headline during the Falklands war, as cited in Roy Greenslade "A new Britain, a new kind of newspaper", The Guardian (25 February 2002).
- According to Greenslade, then assistant editor of The Sun, then editor Kelvin MacKenzie commented in response: "Why didn't we think of that?"
- SCOTT OF PANTARTICA
- From the film Notting Hill, when nude pictures of actress Anna Scott are found
Quotes about The Sun
- Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits.
- Yes, Prime Minister, Series 2 ep. 4:
- From late 1970, the newspaper's Page 3 contained images of topless female models. The feature was finally discontinued in 2015 after many years of controversy.
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