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Journalist and academic Chris Horrie argued that The Sun gave less attention to the Merseyside teams Everton and Liverpool than other football teams, giving as an example its coverage of the 1986 FA Cup Final between the pair, which it nicknamed "The Giro Cup" (in reference to a slang term for welfare), and its relatively scanty mention of a 9–0 win by Liverpool against Crystal Palace.
Hillsborough is a 2014 documentary about the Hillsborough disaster. Directed and produced by Daniel Gordon , the two-hour film chronicles the disaster, the investigations, and their lingering effects; it also includes interviews with survivors, victims' relatives, police officers and investigators.
His remarks led to Liverpool F.C. calling for his resignation. Many newspapers also reported that football hooliganism was a major factor in the tragedy, most notably The Sun, whose article entitled "The Truth" sparked a sharp fall in sales of the tabloid on Merseyside, with many newsagents refusing to stock it. [38]
It doesn't contain hugely different information from the old Hillsborough disaster#The Sun and The Sun (United Kingdom)#Hillsborough disaster, but more detail, more room for expansion and hopefully a lot better sourcing (though this needs to be majorly improved still, particularly in terms of diversity of sources cited).
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Phil Scraton (born 3 May 1949) is a critical criminologist, academic and author.He is a social researcher, known particularly for his investigative work into the context, circumstances and aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
Kelvin Calder MacKenzie (born 22 October 1946) is an English media executive and a former newspaper editor.He became editor of The Sun in 1981, by which time the publication had been established as Britain's largest circulation newspaper.
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