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re: ESPN 30 for 30 "Hillsborough" in game thread

Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:36 pm to
Posted by wm72
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2010
7798 posts
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:36 pm to
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That and the city of Liverpool was a bastion of the labor party and the conservatives would stop at nothing to paint that area in a bad light.



Exactly, and more than only due to Heysel. There was a very strong class slant in the media campaign against hooliganism in those days which was obviously quite political in nature.

Rupert Murdoch owned The Sun as well.




This post was edited on 4/16/14 at 10:51 pm
Posted by BleedPurpleGold
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2005
18922 posts
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:39 pm to
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Rupert Murdoch owned The Sun as well.


Good point, I had totally forgotten this.
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