Remind me again who owns The Sun?
I once asked Rupert Murdoch why he was so opposed to the European Union. “That’s easy,” he replied. “When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/c...-a3189151.html
What is the paper's position on Brexit?
We urge our readers to beLEAVE in Britain and vote to quit the EU on June 23
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/127792...um-on-june-23/
The reality of the comment?
The Taoiseach was answering questions on whether there were preparations for an aviation treaty in the event of a hard Brexit, or a no-deal scenario. After being pressed on whether they were already underway, he said that there was a focus on a Brexit deal between the EU and the UK.
FactCheck: Did the Taoiseach threaten to ban British planes from Irish skies?
In short, an archetypal UK red top tabloid hollows of the facts from a story, fills the space with misrepresentation that matches its owners agenda and pushes it a news. While the topic is newsworthy the Sun spin does no-one any service.
To borrow from Charles Dickens
'NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!'
Mr.Gradgrind, Hard Times.
JAS