This is a book by the mostly online comedian James Felton (I know him solely through Twitter) that details in categorical breakdown the awfulness of the British tabloid The Sun. The book uses 99 headlines and details from other articles to tell the history of the paper owned by Rupert Murdoch. Felton breaks down this history into thematic categories like “celebrity” “racism” and “misogyny” and through light and really funny analysis spells out not only the offense, but also the effect and impact of the […]
In 1969, Rupert Murdoch bought the struggling Sun broadsheet paper and turned it into a number-one bestselling tabloid that would also carry the nickname ‘The Scum.’
Sunburn by James Felton