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Sun on Sunday will return to traditional journalistic values of making stuff up

it's all going on in your new transpurrant bun Announcing the first publication of the Sun on Sunday, News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch has pledged that the paper will be produced with the ‘highest possible standards’ and will not repeat the mistakes of its predecessor, instead seeing a return to the tabloid tradition of ‘completely making stuff up’.

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Posted: Feb 20th, 2013
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Rupert Murdoch launches subscription-only dreams app, The Nightly

Dream+ system will pause everything if you need to get up for a wee‘Premier league’ dreams include running through treacle as you try to flee from a sinister, all-powerful media presence

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Posted: Feb 7th, 2013
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Mild-mannered reporter’s lack of superpowers leads to woman’s death

A local reporter from the Sheffield Telegraph is being blamed for the death of a 23-year-old woman after his complete absence of superpowers saw him fail to perform a last-minute heroic rescue.

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Posted: Jan 4th, 2013
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Police Creative Writing Awards praise ‘most imaginative witness statements ever’

Public can't help asking 'Hello, hello, hello. What's going on 'ere, then?'‘This year’s crop of literary creations features the grittiest crime, fantasy and romantic writing from some of the best imaginations ever to escort a witness down a police station staircase,’ said chairman of judges, Jeffrey Archer.

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Posted: Jan 3rd, 2013
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Churchill to take up role as new press watchdog

small print on page 34 will probably show you didn't have adequate coverAfter a decade and a half of advising people on their car insurance, the famous talking dog Churchill is to take up the hotly-debated role of independent press watchdog advocated by Lord Justice Leveson’s report on press standards.

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Posted: Nov 29th, 2012
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