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

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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http://thejusticegap.com/wp-content/uploads/Hillsborough-Sun.jpg
The infamous "Truth" headline

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

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/3640902/thumbs/o-THE-SUN-CORBYN-570.jpg?1
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

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