Right-Wing Newspaper 'The Sun' Contradict Themselves In A Few Sentences

A simple search of The Sun's Wikipedia page shows us that the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper has been a part of more misdemeanours than I've had hot dinners, with a majority of the Wikipedia sub sections dedicated to their most prominent scandals. The Sun's most prominent scandal has to be their coverage of the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 people lost their lives as a result of overcrowding in the stadium which led to a human stampede as fans tried to exit. In their infinite wisdom, The Sun decided to publish false allegations on their front page, titled "The Truth" and made misleading allegations, claiming that the Liverpool supporters picked the pocket of the stampede victims, attacked officers and also urinating on the officers, subsequent investigations into the disasters has revealed these allegations to be wholly unfounded and The Sun is now banned from Liverpool and Everton stadiums and training facilities.

Now that you can see the type of smear merchants that we're dealing with, let's discuss the countless other instances of The Sun's misleading claims. As you can see pictured above, the Far-Right newspaper has completely contradicted themselves on the issues surrounding the Muslim community, pretending that their hateful rhetoric is in no way responsible for the sharp increase of Anti-Muslim attacks we see today.

One of the most notable attacks that we have seen more of recently is that of Darren Osborne, who had hired a white van and targeted several Muslim individuals exiting the Finsbury Park Mosque after their night time prayers, called the tarawih. The group leaving the mosque had noticed an individual who collapsed at a bus stop and rushed over and began an attempt to save his life via CPR. As they were doing so, the van rammed into them, injuring ten people. The man who had collapsed then passed away, with an investigation into his death finding that he had sustained multiple injuries. Some of those who had left the mosque then began beating the attacker until the imam intervened and stated that Osborne should be handed over to the police instead of being beaten. Witnesses have stated that Darren Osborne proceeded to shout "I want to kill all Muslims", "this is for London Bridge", "I did my bit", "you deserve it" and "kill me". The imam continued to protect the man from beatings and he is now in custody with his motive still being investigated - but we think the "I want to kill all Muslims" claim explains his motive perfectly.

Now, as The Sun acts innocent, wondering how could Darren Osborne possibly have been driven to commit such evil acts, it then becomes clear. Below the ON OTHER PAGES subheading, we are able to see exactly the type of rhetoric that can lead people to commit such atrocities.

• The Sun ordered to admit that front page story which claimed "One in five British Muslims had sympathy for ISIS" was significantly misleading.
• The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has attacked The Sun for use of "offensive, discriminatory and provocative terminology" which fuels racist attitudes.
• The Sun newspaper deletes heavily-criticised article from Katie Hopkins that calls refugees escaping Syria "cockroaches".

The Sun can play dumb as much as they like, but it is clear to see that attitudes such as those mentioned above, equating random Muslims leaving a mosque to ISIS members and suggesting that 557, 327 British Muslims are sympathetic to one of the most barbaric terrorist organisations the world has ever seen, is what has actually fuelled racist attitudes and attacks on members of the Muslim faith whether they actually hold extremist views or not. Also, do not forget that this is the very community that opened their doors to Hurricane Harvey victims when Joel Osteen's megachurch decided not to help those in need and were also on hand to help the Grenfell Tower victims.

So why is there a large increase in such attitudes? Well, if we were to believe The Sun, we may never know.