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'''The Sun''' is a UK tabloid.
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==Reporting==
 
==Reporting==
 
 
===Annecy Shootings===
 
===Annecy Shootings===
 
{{FA|Annecy Shootings}}
 
{{FA|Annecy Shootings}}
 
''[[The Guardian]]'' reported on 8 July 2014 that "the wife of British Iraqi-born engineer [[Saad al-Hilli]], who was murdered with his family in the French Alps, had a "secret" American husband who died of a heart attack on the same day as the deadly attack, it emerged on Tuesday". The former husband, known only as 'James T', reportedly died on September 5 2012 in Natchez, Mississippi. The official cause of death was a [[heart attack]].<ref name=guard2014>http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/saad-al-hilli-wife-secret-husband-french-alps-murder</ref><ref>http://www.news.com.au/world/secret-husband-of-alps-murder-victim-died-on-same-day/story-fndir2ev-1226982867560</ref> ''The Sun'' identified the man as a dentist named [[James Thompson]], and reported that the [[FBI]] were treating the case as [[murder]].<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/972165/fbi-think-it-was-poison/</ref>
 
''[[The Guardian]]'' reported on 8 July 2014 that "the wife of British Iraqi-born engineer [[Saad al-Hilli]], who was murdered with his family in the French Alps, had a "secret" American husband who died of a heart attack on the same day as the deadly attack, it emerged on Tuesday". The former husband, known only as 'James T', reportedly died on September 5 2012 in Natchez, Mississippi. The official cause of death was a [[heart attack]].<ref name=guard2014>http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/saad-al-hilli-wife-secret-husband-french-alps-murder</ref><ref>http://www.news.com.au/world/secret-husband-of-alps-murder-victim-died-on-same-day/story-fndir2ev-1226982867560</ref> ''The Sun'' identified the man as a dentist named [[James Thompson]], and reported that the [[FBI]] were treating the case as [[murder]].<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/972165/fbi-think-it-was-poison/</ref>
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=== COVID-19 ===
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[[image:The Sun on COVID-19 2020 v 2021.jpg|left|450px|thumb|The headline in April 2020 starts with: "SICK CLAIMS Anti-vaxxers are already peddling bizarre theories"<ref>http://archive.today/2021.12.27-041351/https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11521135/anti-vaxxers-bizarre-theories-coronavirus/</ref> - by 28 December 2021 it changes to: "SICK CLAIMS Deluded anti-vaxxers already peddling dangerous theories".<ref>http://archive.today/2021.12.28-141154/https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11521135/anti-vaxxers-bizarre-theories-coronavirus/</ref> (Microchip article)<ref>http://archive.today/2021.12.27-015926/https://www.the-sun.com/tech/3913734/microchip-implanted-into-skin-vaccination-status-proof/</ref>]]
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 16:09, 8 March 2022

Publication.png The Sun 
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The-sun-2022-03-08.jpg
The top of The Sun website, 8 March 2022
TypeNewspaper
Founded15 September 1964
Author(s)
Interest ofStop Funding Hate
A UK tabloid

The Sun is a UK tabloid.

Reporting

Annecy Shootings

Full article: Annecy Shootings

The Guardian reported on 8 July 2014 that "the wife of British Iraqi-born engineer Saad al-Hilli, who was murdered with his family in the French Alps, had a "secret" American husband who died of a heart attack on the same day as the deadly attack, it emerged on Tuesday". The former husband, known only as 'James T', reportedly died on September 5 2012 in Natchez, Mississippi. The official cause of death was a heart attack.[1][2] The Sun identified the man as a dentist named James Thompson, and reported that the FBI were treating the case as murder.[3]

COVID-19

The headline in April 2020 starts with: "SICK CLAIMS Anti-vaxxers are already peddling bizarre theories"[4] - by 28 December 2021 it changes to: "SICK CLAIMS Deluded anti-vaxxers already peddling dangerous theories".[5] (Microchip article)[6]


 

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