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Member Name: chrissteel1985

Product:	The Sun
Date:	15/07/09 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cheap, fun, light hearted

Disadvantages: Too much celebrity focus and Big Brother coverage

Product

A lightweight tabloid newspaper which taps into the zeitgeist consciousness of the general British public.

Price

A mere 20p after being 30p for years. Reduced in order to match the price of its main competitor, the Star.

Features

Normally features a short, snappy headline to entice buyers to purchase it. Includes a topless model on page 3 every day to "lift the nations mood". Regular columnists include car-nut Jeremy Clarkson, opinionated Jon Gaunt and ex-editor-in-chief Kelvin McKenzie who spent the best part of the early 200's tormenting rival editor of "The Mirror"- Mr Piers Morgan. They do tend to hit the nerve of most readers and most people can relate to their comments.

It also contains humorous stories such as twins having both won the lottery or a duck managing to make friends with a frog and the headline of "fancy quack" instead of "fancy that".

It has a great sports section with regular writers Neil Custis and Steven Howard providing analysis and comment

There is a cartoon page with long running favourites Hagar and Scorer. Goerge and Lynne are still going strong despite being over 40 years old.

Political Views

Somewhere in the middle. Doesn't mind offending anyone or any politicians to heap pressure on bureaucracy.

Verdict

A quality paper, some people call it a rag, but for 20p you can't argue its a lot more fun than it's broadsheet competitors.

Summary: A price reduction to 20p means the tabloid wars are heating up!