Toronto Sun

The Toronto Sun is a large English language daily newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is published as a tabloid and is renowned for its daily Sunshine Girl feature, and for its populist conservative editorial stance.

Controversy and use of sensationalism

Toronto Sun headlines are often blatantly editorialized and make heavy use of sensationalist and vernacular language. On September 12, 2001, the paper's front page featured only an image of the previous day's events and the headline, "BASTARDS!". The paper has frequently used such tactics when covering events in the political arena. For example, the day following a federal election call by Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin of the Liberal Party of Canada on May 24, 2004, the Sun, which is arguably the staunchest and most vocal opponent of the Liberals of any media outlet in Canada, ran a front-page picture of Mr. Martin along with the headline "Throw the Bums Out!". Several weeks prior to that headline, when former Progressive Conservative Party leader Joe Clark insinuated he would support the Liberals, rather than the newly-minted Conservative Party of Canada, in an impending federal election, the headline in the Sun the following day read "Joe Blows".

Related Topics:
Previous day's - Canadian Prime Minister - Paul Martin - Liberal Party of Canada - Progressive Conservative Party - Joe Clark - Conservative Party of Canada

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The Sun has also at times come under fire for its envelope-pushing editorial content. For example, on July 23, 2004, editorial cartoonist Andy Donato provoked a signicant degree of public criticism for depicting Toronto Mayor David Miller as Adolf Hitler, after Mr. Miller invoked closure on a debate at city hall. After some initial resistance, Senior Associate Editor Lorrie Goldstein ultimately apologized for the cartoon. {{note|Hitler}}

Related Topics:
Andy Donato - David Miller - Adolf Hitler - Lorrie Goldstein

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