On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 19:50:52 +0100, Nightjar \"cpb\"@ wrote:

The Sun is the best selling newspaper in the UK, by a country mile.
Does that mean it's any _good_?

I no longer get to read it whenever I want but I used to hold it out
as the best example of Plain English in the land...

That is because it is written for people whose reading skill stopped
developing at age six, as compared to age 14 that the broadsheets write
for.

Even then, two-thirds don't read, just look at the pictures.