# how reputable is the sun, a uk newspaper **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 19, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reputable-is-the-sun-a-uk-newspaper/481966 "2009-01-19T08:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reputable-is-the-sun-a-uk-newspaper/481966/61 "2009-01-24T11:34:07Z")
You also buy playboy for the articles? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reputable-is-the-sun-a-uk-newspaper/481966/62 "2009-01-29T23:12:24Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > To the OP: > I personally wouldn’t trust any single source on any news item. Even well respected British newspapers like The Times and The Guardian have printed sensationalised front-page stories on the back of virtually no evidence. > \ > And, I don’t trust _science_ news even if all the newspapers print the same story, since most of them don’t employ a science-writer; they just regurgitate what other newspapers have said. > > In the UK there was a story about the MMR (measles mumps rubella) vaccine causing autism. All the tabloids got involved in this story, printing article after article on the original study that had implied there was a link, and printing nothing of the multiple, large-scale, rigorous studies that showed no link. > > The result has been a big increase in the incidence of measles and mumps in the UK. > \ The Guardian has exposed the bad science behind this vaccine scare. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reputable-is-the-sun-a-uk-newspaper/481966.md?page=3)