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Post-BREXIT claims in the papers – more spin and no substance
More than 60 days on from the EU referendum and some BREXIT-backing newspapers are still publishing inaccurate and misleading information on the impact of the referendum result. During the EU referendum campaign,…
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BREXIT and the newspapers – where was IPSO?
Most independent commentators have slammed a number of the big newspapers for misleading the public on the referendum, with the New Statesman going so far as trying to explain ‘how the Brexit…
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Deceiving a bereaved mother – another low from the Daily Mail
Over the years, Hacked Off has given a platform to victims of press intrusion. Many ordinary people become victims of press intrusion as a direct result of being involved in a tragedy,…
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Attention grabbing or misleading? Some of February’s national headlines
Selective quotes and statistics are extracted and misrepresented to serve an attention-grabbing headline. In February this year, such statistics have been applied to migrants, the EU, the NHS and even recycling. On…
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Mistakes happen – It’s how you deal with them that matters
September Press Monitoring blog – Georgia Tomlinson In September we noticed an unusually high number of corrections in the press. Some of these reflect inevitable journalistic mistakes, others are deliberate, reckless or…
