Liverpool banned The Sun newspaper from its premises and "stopped reporters from attending matches and press conferences due to the enduring hostility directed at the paper" following its "insidious coverage" of the Hillsborough disaster in '89, according to the London TELEGRAPH. The decision was taken by the Merseyside club on Thursday night and enforced for the first time on Friday, when the newspaper was informed its staff "could not head to Melwood" for Liverpool Manager Jürgen Klopp’s weekly press conference. Reporters from The Sun will not have access to "any future games at Anfield." The Sun has been the subject of a boycott on Merseyside since '89 "following its disreputable coverage of the Hillsborough disaster." However, "until now the restrictive access was limited solely to exclusive interviews rather than open media events" (TELEGRAPH, 2/10). THE DRUM's Jessica Goodfellow reported The Sun has responded to Liverpool's ban, calling it "bad for fans and bad for football." The Sun apologized for its coverage of Hillsborough in '12 in a front page spread titled "The Real Truth." It added that while it "can't undo the damage done," it would like to "further a dialogue" with the people of the city to "make amends" (THE DRUM, 2/11).
