Couldn't have put it better myself. (Side note, Tom Watson is one of the few MPs in this country supporting the games industry, which makes me like him already.)
Sadly The Sun will obviously just add Sundays, as suggested in the piece, but still, one less piece of shit to see on news stands I guess.
It's sad to see such intellectual crap condemning the masses for enjoying what they enjoy.
If you don't enjoy reading a newspaper, don't buy it.
Reading a terrible newspaper is different, and worse. They're not just getting entertainment, they're getting news, they're getting their world view and their political beliefs influenced by it. That's the difference.
Who are you to tell me not to watch Fox News? Why shouldn't I buy a tabloid paper to see who some celebrity has had an affair with?
You're inflicting your views of what is "good for the masses" on others.
If the masses want to be misinformed, non-intellectual gossip merchants (Which basically they do), let them.
My issue is with the way papers like this, and indeed Fox News, report real news, important news. Reading celebrity gossip may be something that I don't understand, but it's not something than affects me, whereas the actual news, that has a very real impact on people's views on politics, society, the world and so on. That is something we should all care about.
If people want to read the bible, and believe it as factual "news", they should be able to.
As I say, if people want to live in blissful ignorance, they should be allowed to do that.