They know the lad's identity? ...So do we.

On page 17 of the Sun the headline reads 'He's Distraught', this relates to the 16 year old 'Beachball lad' that I refered to in yesterday's blog who threw his red inflateable onto the pitch during Saturday's Liverpool game. Apparently the die-hard fan is 'devastated' after he was named 'Public enemy No1' by fellow footy fans.

The Sun pairs today's article with the same picture used in yesterday's, in this photo the boy's face has been pixelated, but what is most entertaining is that the Sun has added the comment 'The Sun knows the lad's identity - but is keeping it concealed to to protect him.' Obviously a last minute decision, after revealing his identity to approximately 3000 people yesterday, lets just hope for the Sun's sake that most of the 'moron's in a hurry' have recycled yesterday's paper already.

A taste of the good stuff!

Today's Sun covers the story of the young Liverpool footy fan who threw his inflatable beach ball onto the pitch during Saturday's game.
We had been discussing the legal actions that could be taken if this boy could be identified, as he could be the target of abuse etc. but luckily his face is pixelated in the picture featured in the 'Goals' pull-out.
However, I noticed shortly after, that on page 15 of the news the Sun have used the same picture without pixelating the boys face. We thought this was interesting and our lecturer suggested that we persue this by contacting the Guardian.
A fellow student phoned up the news desk and was given an email address, to which he emailed the information about the Sun to and a few hours later he had received a reply and a £30 tip fee.
Real-life journalism in action and all it took was a flick through the Sun.