Punish, convict or shut down The Sun newspaper for years of misleading press.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

The Sun newspaper has had a history of creating sensationalist headlines in order to create a knee jerk reaction from the public, more often than not, these headlines have little research behind them, or no research at all. "Facts" have been invented and outright lies have been told to sell papers.

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The infamous "Truth" headline

http://www.thefootballramble.com/images/blog/the-sun-hillsborough-front-page-13-sep-2012.jpeg
The Sun "apologises"

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Political smearing campaign

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-sun-forced-to-admit-that-one-in-five-british-muslims-story-significantly-misleading_uk_56f67241e4b0787ff7c94f22
Fear tactics which they retract

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the issue you raise is not the responsibility of the Government or Parliament. The press is operationally and editorially independent of the UK Government and Parliament.

If you wish to make a complaint about a specific article you can get in touch with the Independent Press Standards Organisation here: https://www.ipso.co.uk/IPSO/index.html

Timeline

26 Mar 2016	Petition opened for signatures
1 May 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 May 2016

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