Murdoch’s Sun Covered Up Page 3 Topless Women

January 28, 2015 by admin
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(Corrects first and second paragraphs of story published
on Jan. 20 to show the Sun hasn’t permanently removed topless
women from page 3. The Sun published a topless woman again on
Jan. 22 under the heading “clarifications and corrections,”
without commenting on its future policy.)

Readers of Britain’s best-selling tabloid,
The Sun, found women clad in bikinis instead of the topless
models who have featured on page 3 since 1970.

Rupert Murdoch tweeted in September that the feature was
old-fashioned. A “No More Page 3” campaign has won support on
social media in recent years, garnering almost 220,000
signatures in favor of scrapping the controversial images.

The newspaper continues to show women clad in lingerie and
bikinis on the page, while topless pictures are still available
on its website.

“Page 3 is really beyond its use-by date,” said David
Banks, a former editor at The Sun whose job as night editor was
choosing the woman for the next day’s newspaper. “It’s
inevitable its time has come.”

Murdoch’s News U.K. operation, a division of News Corp. (NWSA)
that owns The Sun and The Times of London newspapers, did not
respond to queries about the decision.

The Sun is Britain’s No. 1 newspaper with a daily
circulation of 1.89 million at the end of December, according to
the U.K.’s Audit Bureau of Circulations. While the paper is best
known for Page 3 and covering celebrity sex scandals, it has
been polishing its image recently to appeal more to families.

Double Standards

The “No More Page 3” Facebook site, a campaign started by
writer Lucy-Anne Holmes to “Take the Bare Boobs Out of The
Sun,” was filled with congratulatory messages today and notes
on TV appearances to discuss the move.

“It wasn’t about Page 3 being offensive but about the
impact on our society of judging men and women by different
standards,” Stella Creasy, a lawmaker for Walthamstow in
London, said in a BBC Radio 4 interview today. “It was saying
to all of us that what mattered was our breasts not our
brains.”

Page 3 first drew opposition in the 1980s, when lawmaker
Clare Short introduced a bill in Parliament to kill the feature.
In recent years British universities including Oxford and the
London School of Economics canceled subscriptions. The Murdoch-owned Irish Sun dropped its version of Page 3 a year and a half
ago.

Banks said the end of the topless version of the Page 3
girl is only a partial victory, given the continuing appearance
of barely dressed women on the page and the topless pictures on
Page3.com. “We’re still going to be titillated, though I admire
The Sun for beginning this progress toward not producing soft
porn.”

To contact the reporter on this story:
Kristen Schweizer in London at
kschweizer1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Kenneth Wong at
kwong11@bloomberg.net
Emma Ross-Thomas

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Kyly Clarke flashes taut tummy with husband Michael and Heidi Klum at …

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Bianca Soldani for Daily Mail Australia

Published:
04:38 EST, 26 January 2015

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Updated:
07:52 EST, 26 January 2015

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His team may have been playing host to India in a one day test.

But Michael Clarke took time out of his day on Monday to meet another tourist – visiting German supermodel Heidi Klum.

The cricketer and his wife Kyly were among a slew of guests braving the grim Australia Day forecast to attend the former Victoria’s Secret angel’s lingerie collection launch in Sydney.

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Cricket WAG: Kyly Clarke shows off a sliver of her toned torso in cropped white top and matching skirt at Heidi Klum Intimates collection launch in Bondi, Sydney on Monday

Scrubbing up nicely for the event, the injured player, 33, looked sharp in a crisp white shirt and denim-look blazer.

It was his wife of two years Kyly however, who stole the show in a racer front crop top that showed off a sliver of her toned torso.

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The 33-year-old teamed the belly baring number with a matching midi-length skirt featuring a racy slit across the front by Australian label Manning Cartel.

The former Dancing With The Stars contestant and WAG smoothed her brunette locks into a sleek and straight style and completed her beauty look with a pop of nude lipstick.

Say cheese! The loved up duo made room for guest of honour Heidi Klum

While the loved-up couple were inseparable as they posed for the flashbulbs at the entrance to Icebergrs restaurant in Bondi, Sydney, they managed to tear themselves apart for the sake of guest of honour Heidi.

In an image shared on Instagram, Kyly and Michael stand on either side of the 41-year-old stunner and look perfectly co-ordinated as they smile to camera.

‘Was great meeting Heidi Klum today #bendonlingerie,’ Michael captioned the snap

His leading lady meanwhile, posted a shot sans supermodel to her account writing: ‘The love of my life! Adorable’.

The first lady of cricket was joined by the likes of Jessica Gomes, Jesinta Campbell and Kate Peck for the event that debuted the Heidi Klum Intimates collection.

‘The love of my life’: The couple were looking cosy as they posed for a cute selfie at the event

Reality stars Tim Robards and Anna Heinrich were also among the high profile guests as well as Home And Away star Tai Hara and his new fiancee Fely Irvine and Balinese princess Lindy Klim.

Telling Daily Mail Australia what her favourite lingerie was, Heidi said: ‘I do love a lot of the soft bras, not a lot of the big push up bras. I like it when it’s a little more soft and a little bit more of a natural shape.

‘I love it when it’s flirty, I love when there’s a lot of lace. I do love colour too,’ she explained.

But for the mum-of-four, choosing intimates is all about her mood.

‘It really depends on my mood. Sometimes you feel more girly… sometimes sexy. That’s probably more black and garter belts,’ she laughed.

While Heidi says her range will also cater to women of all sizes because she thinks that have been ‘neglected’ in the past.