Thursday, September 17, 2009

Toronto Sun: Too Hot for Real News

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Today must be a slow day in the world of news. The Toronto Sun cover features a Playboy model whose Facebook account was de-activated for no apparent reason.

Facebook countered that her account violated its terms and conditions and “nudity and sexually explicit content is not allowed” on the site.

I agree with the model - I’d also be very upset if my Facebook profile was deleted without warning - but this is hardly worthy of being a cover story.

I guess showing cleavage on the front cover is just another way to sell newspaper in difficult times.

Updated: Here are the failed headlines that were turned down by the Sun:

  • TOO NAKED FOR FACEBOOK
  • TOO LUCIOUS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING
  • TOO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT FOR MARK ZUCKERBERG
  • TOO BOOBILICIOUS FOR THE INTERNET
  • TOO SMOKING FOR FACEBOOK POKING

1 comments:

  1. You should do the one for september 26th. The headline read 'His Goner'. What about his goner? Is there something wrong with his goner? Did you mean "HE'S A GONER"? Because that's not what you wrote down on the FRONT PAGE OF YOUR NEWSPAPER.
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