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Books : Stick It Up Your Punter!: The Uncut Story of the "Sun" Newspaper (Pocket books)
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: The 1980s was the best of times and the worst of times for the British tabloid press. Locked in a vicious war for readers it was a time when the phrase "anything goes" never seemed so apt. Privacy was invaded, stories made up and toes well and truly trodden on as Fleet Street's finest embarked on a period which, arguably, saw some of the best and worst reporting in the history of British journalism. And the paper that emerged from the contest with its head and shoulders way above the rest was the Sun. In Stick It Up Your Punter!, ex-national newspapermen Peter Chippindale and Chris Horrie take a behind the scenes look at the operations of the Sun and it's lewd, crude and brilliant editor Kelvin McKenzie. In the main, it's a tale of high farce as Chippindale and Horrie explain the truth behind stories including the rescue of a death-bound donkey from Spain and the infamous "Gotcha!" and "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster" headlines. This humour is tempered, however, by more serious stories including the libel actions of Elton John and Jeffrey Archer against the paper. For anyone interested in the social history of Britain and the rise and fall of tabloid journalism this book is completely unsurpassed in it's depth and coverage. For those seeking light entertainment and Carry On style humour, there's plenty here to keep you amused. Stick It Up Your Punter is the finest book on British tabloid journalism ever written. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Hilarious, entertaining and revealing"Stick It Up Your Punter" tells the story of the Sun Newspaper through its ups and downs mainly in the 80's. After the first chapter I found this book impossible to put down. What Chippendale and Horrie do is provide a fascinating incite into the way the past editors of the Sun newspaper worked. In partictular Kelvin Mackenzie, the sparkling personality who helped shape the Sun into what it is now. Its entertaining to see the contrast between the first two editors of the ... Read More Rating: - Murdoch and Mackenzie-The Great and Small SatanI found a copy of this in a second hand bookshop a few months ago,and I highly recommend it to anyone.It is hilarious and terrifying at the same time-how someone as monstrous as Kelvin Makenzie ever got to the top of the greasy pole at "The Scum",his worship of Thatcher,his utter hatred of gays,blacks,peace campaigners,feminists,striking workers and(most notoriously)of 96 dead football fans.He is a cartoon caricature of the loony right made flesh. The authors interviewed widely within current ... Read More Rating: - Frogs hopped in for HoddleFull of juicy nuggets and wacky tales about the rise of the Sun to be be Britain's top-selling daily newspaper. FROGS HOP IN FOR HODDLE was my favourite headline. Maybe reading this very entertaining book would help those who don't like the Sun's content to appreciate the professionalism, creativity and hard work that went into making the paper what was/is. Chippindale and Horrie also tell of a lot of seat-of-pants instinct (and not just Kelvin McKenzie's) that makes it all seem, it retrospect, something ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent indictment of how full of rubbish The Sun is.From The Sun's fictitious "Straight sex cannot give you AIDS" splash, through their fictitious "Exterminate all gay people" 'quote' to their promotion of "Hop Off You Frogs" badges, this detailed book exposes it all. Excellent (if sometimes upsetting and angering) stuff. Rating: - Interesting and funny, well worth readingThis book really does deserve a five-star rating. It's well written, and recounts lots of interesting and amusing stories. Reading this book is not a chore, it almost reads itself. Definitely worth getting. Browse for similar items by category:
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