 EVEN by its usual shabby standards, the Sun newspaper has today excelled itself. The paper has published a full page comment article, appealing to the people of Merseyside to stop criticising Wayne Rooney and apologising for its lies over the Hillsborough disaster. It has also accused the Liverpool ECHO of deliberately stirring up feelings against Rooney. The Sun is referring, of course, to the deal it has struck with Rooney's agents to tell his life story. We reported the facts of the deal last week and have since carried a number of letters from readers expressing their views on the matter. The Sun has today devoted its front page and an entire inside page to the subject. It is nothing less than an attempt, once again, to exploit the Hillsborough dead.
 Fifteen years ago, it told deliberate lies to sell newspapers. Today, it has published a hypocritical apology - to sell newspapers. The Sun says the ECHO reported its deal with Rooney because we are part of the same company which owns its greatest rival, The Mirror. It says the "misery being inflicted on Wayne" is a crude effort by us to make commercial gain. Which just shows how out of touch with Liverpool The Sun really is. The ECHO reported the news of the deal because we knew our readers would want to know about it. We reported it because we know that many people in this city still regard The Sun as a vile publication which long ago lost all respect. And we reported it because thousands of Merseysiders - Red and Blue - are deeply proud of and interested in one of our city's finest footballing sons. The Sun's deal with Wayne and today's hollow apology comes at a time when the paper is in the midst of a price war. This is no coincidence. The Sun is desperate to regain the readers it lost on Merseyside with its lies. Let's just remember those lies>>> | 
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