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241:"Sunday Papers" was written by Jackson as a critique of the British tabloid press. In the lyrics, Jackson, a vocal opponent of the press, sings of the trashy and inaccurate stories printed by the papers. He recalled, "An image that came into my mind was, like, if someone just more or less lived on a diet of these kind of papers, that they might turn into a complete idiot". Jackson later described the song as an example of the "sarcastic flavor" his lyrics had at the time.
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