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Thursday
Jul202006

NY Sun, rot in hell

Of all the extremely offensive articles the NY Sun (a super pro-Israeli neocon tabloid), for some reason I find this one the most offensive of all: Arabs Lose Their Summer Playground.

Reader Comments (3)

Issandr, How popular is this horrible tabloid in the US?

Jul 21, 2006 at 1:30 AM | Unregistered CommenterHossam el-Hamalawy

It's not that popular, even in New York, where the market for Zionist dailies is already saturated, with four. The Sun, which originally tried to position itself as a counterbalance to The Times, has increasingly tried to move into The New York Post and The Daily News' territory: angry white guys from Long Island who don't want to be made to feel guilty about their money.

The Post is much more dangerous, since it's sort of an Everyman's paper. Lots of people, particularly people who don't read another paper and who maybe watch the local news, read it... as opposed to The Sun, which I'd wager is a read for people who get more than one paper. The Post's coverage is over the top. When Arafat died, they had his widow crying on the cover (it's a tabloid, so think full-page), with the headline "The Arafat Lady Sings."

Jul 21, 2006 at 3:17 AM | Unregistered CommenterElijah Zarwan

what's so offensive? it's true.

if a firefight was occurring in aruba i wouldn't go there.
or are you trying to say arabs don't vacation in lebanon.
if you're pissed about the war you should be mad at the guys firing the rockets and taking soldiers hostage.

Jul 21, 2006 at 4:03 PM | Unregistered Commenterjohn

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