February 26th 2012. A new sunday newspaper arises. The Sun has decided to fill the void left by 'The News Of The World'. But is it really going to turn over a new leaf?
It is a well known fact that The Sun is created by EXACTLY the same company as The News Of The World. And let us not forget that the News Of The World was forced to close for a VERY good reason...
It all started with a phone hacking scandall. The News Of The World decided that it was somehow ethical to hack the phones of celebritys. This is unsurprisiong, as we all seem to be obsessed with the world of celebrity. However, this then lead on to the Leveson enquiry, which saw the phone hacking scandal go too far. A horrific event which saw the parents of murdered school girl Millie Dowler being strung along by the news of the world. They preyed on the greif of the family, sparking the hope in them that she is still allive by somehow aquiring voicemail messages left for and by her - a cheap stunt in the aim of gaining a bigger profit and inciting interest in a cold case. As if it isnt horrific enough to lose a child, then find out that they are dead, the News Of The World then dragged them back from being at peace and recovering from the greif, finally moving on, and put them through the greif of loosing their child again. An unforgiveable act of selfishness and profiteering in my opinion!
Therefor, it interests me to turn to page 13 of the first issue of the Sun on Sunday, only to find an article by none other than John Sentamu, Archbishop Of York. Now I find this to be wrong on a number of levels. Where do I start...
To start, I find it fundamentally wrong that a newspaper that was previously religiously non-descript is now essentially alienating its readers by subscribing its self to one religion.
Another issue I have is that they are jumping on the proverbial band-wagon. They know they have done wrong, and they know that they need forgiveness, and who better to as than the Archbishop of York. Surely if he can forgive them for their heanous crime, then so can we - they assume that we are passive readers and that we will automatically forgive them for what they did just because a religious man says so...
These are problems I have with seeing this issue befor I even read it. We then go on to read it and there are even more issues.
How cheap is this publicity - I doubt very much that Sentamu actually reads the Sun, or indeed read the News Of The World. Im pretty sure if he did, he would have a different view. He is writing this article not to say that we should read the Sun, but that we should support him. He is clearly attemping to make himself more accessible to all, in his bid to become the first black archbishop, which I have no problem with, I just beleive this is an incredibly cheap way to gain followers.
I also beleive that it is wrong of the Sun to exploit this man to make it seem like you have turned over a new leaf. Clearly, there is going to be more contraversy. Give it a few months, and they will be back to their old ways. Rupert Murdoch will never change and neither will his newspaper.
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