The Sun's controversial front page

This is the front page of 'The Sun' from Monday.


Consider these questions;

What is your reaction?
What does it tell us about the newspaper and its proprietors?
Does the newspaper have the power to influence the public?
Is it refelecting the public mood?
What is the target audience for 'The Sun'?
How has the media reacted to this front page?
What is the image and why has it been used?


So what was the basis of the headline?

A polling company called 'Survation' carried out research to find out the level of support amongst British Muslims for those who go to fight in Syria.


As reported in 'The Huffington Post'

'The pollsters behind The Sun's controversial front page about British Muslims being sympathetic to Islamic State have disowned the paper's story, distancing themselves from how it was presented.
Survation carried out the poll for the paper, finding that nearly 20% of Muslims expressed at least some sympathy with those who go to fight in Syria.
The Sun used that as the basis for a front page story saying one in five Muslims were "sympathetic" to the jihadis of IS, seemingly ignoring the fact that there are also more moderate groups fighting in the country.

The story has triggered a record number of complaints to the press regulator - over 1,000, more than The Sun's infamous opinion piece about migrants by then-columnist Katie Hopkins.'