Is the London Times a tabloid rag?

[redrumloa]

BLACK SABBATH Drummer Issues Clarification Regarding TIMES ONLINE Article

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=136072

"The headline of the article reads (partially) 'Their seminal album began as a gimmick, and they would rather be remembered as a hard rock band.'

"Besides this unflattering headline, I'm particularly pissed off about the following, and I quote: '…Bill Ward … told the Times. Although it started as a gimmick, he said, 'it matured into something that was almost waiting to arrive.'

"The way these sentences are constructed gives the impression that I called SABBATH a 'gimmick,' or that I agree with the statement 'it started out as a gimmick.'

"I want to make it very clear to my fellow band members, musicians and our beloved SABBATH listeners worldwide, the word 'gimmick' NEVER came out of my mouth. I don't own it — I'm not the source of the word 'gimmick.' There isn't anything 'gimmicky' about SABBATH as far as I'm concerned.

"I consider the article roughshod at best.

"Come on, London Times. SABBATH is homegrown British — one of Britain's great bands, loved all over the world. Perhaps if you can't meet the occasion with a more positive headline, at least get this right: Tommy Iommi (sidebar insert) is not SABBATH's guitar player. However, TONY Iommi is… 40 years, guys, and counting."

 

[Robert]

It's a broad sheet but Murdoch owns it.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

The downside to the Times is that it is too rough to wipe with.

But, yes, it is trashy twaddle just like everything that Rupert Murdoch owns (you know, liberal media such as Fox News).