4 Responses to “NY Sun, rot in hell”

1. 1 Hossam el-Hamalawy Jul 21st, 2006 at 12:30 am

   Issandr, How popular is this horrible tabloid in the US?

2. 2 Issandr El Amrani Jul 21st, 2006 at 12:52 am

   It\’s popular in New York, but has a decent online presence. It was set up by a bunch of Jewish millionaires because they thought the US press wasn\’t pro-Israel enough. I\’ve written about it before:

   http://arabist.net/archives/2006/04/30/ny-sun-on-lewis/

   They have a guy in Cairo who writes about the whole region, including Iran, which I don\’t quite understand. Here he does a piece about the Saudi fatwa against Hizbullah:

   http://www.nysun.com/article/36373
   The worst is possible this guy called Youssef Ibrahim. Here\’s his latest:

   http://www.nysun.com/article/36110

   And here\’s a guy whining about the press coverage being unfair to Israel:

   http://www.nysun.com/article/36423

   These people do not live in our reality.

3. 3 Elijah Zarwan Jul 21st, 2006 at 2:17 am

   It’s not that popular, even in New York, where the market for Zionist dailies is already saturated, with four. The Sun, which originally tried to position itself as a counterbalance to The Times, has increasingly tried to move into The New York Post and The Daily News’ territory: angry white guys from Long Island who don’t want to be made to feel guilty about their money.

   The Post is much more dangerous, since it’s sort of an Everyman’s paper. Lots of people, particularly people who don’t read another paper and who maybe watch the local news, read it… as opposed to The Sun, which I’d wager is a read for people who get more than one paper. The Post’s coverage is over the top. When Arafat died, they had his widow crying on the cover (it’s a tabloid, so think full-page), with the headline “The Arafat Lady Sings.”

4. 4 john Jul 21st, 2006 at 3:03 pm

   what’s so offensive? it’s true.

   if a firefight was occurring in aruba i wouldn’t go there.
   or are you trying to say arabs don’t vacation in lebanon.
   if you’re pissed about the war you should be mad at the guys firing the rockets and taking soldiers hostage.