Saddam vs The Sun
Top marks to The Sun who published pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underwear yesterday, despite The Sun's criticism of the Iraqi insurgents who spread humiliating images of hostages. Predictably, a typically self-congratulatory article was posted on thesun.co.uk:
OUR pictures of Saddam Hussein rocked the US — and were beamed around the world.
Americans woke to find the The Sun on all the news channels with our exclusive the top story on CNN.
The New York Post carried the pictures on its front page, along with our famous red logo.
It said: “Most Iraqis don’t know how Saddam can even sleep at night, but these photos show that when he does get some shut-eye, he bundles up against the cold like a street bum.”
Fox News anchor David Asman said: “This has really steamed some of the top brass at the Pentagon.”
CBS’s Early Show correspondent Steve Holt said: “They are truly remarkable pictures.”
Newspapers followed up our exclusive from Germany and Italy to India and Australia. The pictures were shown on TV in China and Hong Kong. And they were even screened in Baghdad by a Dubai-based station.
Back in Britain three 30p copies of The Sun, headlined Tyrant’s In His Pants, were cheekily put up for sale worldwide on eBay — with bids rising up to £4.40. The auction will continue for four days.
No surprise to see that out of the 5 media sources mentioned in the article, 3 are owned by Murdoch's News Corp (The Sun, The New York Post, Fox News).
Also, the picture used at the top of this article is the famous picture of Saddam's capture. Notice the soldier, on all other news sources his face is blurred to protect his identity. Not in The Sun, it would appear that they don't seem to respect the privacy of others when trying to sell newspapers.
Americans woke to find the The Sun on all the news channels with our exclusive the top story on CNN.
The New York Post carried the pictures on its front page, along with our famous red logo.
It said: “Most Iraqis don’t know how Saddam can even sleep at night, but these photos show that when he does get some shut-eye, he bundles up against the cold like a street bum.”
Fox News anchor David Asman said: “This has really steamed some of the top brass at the Pentagon.”
CBS’s Early Show correspondent Steve Holt said: “They are truly remarkable pictures.”
Newspapers followed up our exclusive from Germany and Italy to India and Australia. The pictures were shown on TV in China and Hong Kong. And they were even screened in Baghdad by a Dubai-based station.
Back in Britain three 30p copies of The Sun, headlined Tyrant’s In His Pants, were cheekily put up for sale worldwide on eBay — with bids rising up to £4.40. The auction will continue for four days.
No surprise to see that out of the 5 media sources mentioned in the article, 3 are owned by Murdoch's News Corp (The Sun, The New York Post, Fox News).
Also, the picture used at the top of this article is the famous picture of Saddam's capture. Notice the soldier, on all other news sources his face is blurred to protect his identity. Not in The Sun, it would appear that they don't seem to respect the privacy of others when trying to sell newspapers.
posted by Mellomeh at 7:04 am
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