Daily Archives: October 2, 2010

The BBC repeats health and safety myths

October 2, 2010 – 2:02 pm

The BBC are not as gleeful as the Daily Mail in reporting that the Tories intend to ‘reduce the health and safety burden’ but they are equally culpable of repeating myths. The article currently on the BBC News website actually takes myths created by tabloid newspapers and repeats them as fact: It follows a number [...]

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Pierce Brosnan has OTHER things on his mind apart from his waistline!

October 2, 2010 – 11:52 am

Eric Pickles is not the only man on the Mail website being pointed at today: ‘Diet another day: Pierce Brosnan makes no secret of big belly as he piles on the pounds‘. The shame, the shame – he ‘makes no secret’ of it, when clearly he should be hiding until he gets rid of it [...]

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Eric Pickles: did you realise he was fat? and other fascinating facts

October 2, 2010 – 11:44 am

An interview with Eric Pickles – who seems to be a Mail-reading, simple-minded Tory MP – appears on the Mail website today and it is a strange interview. Firstly, it took two people to conduct it / write it up; secondly it is only being conducted because Pickles is just the sort of ignorant reactionary [...]

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Daily Mail repeats ‘cheese-rolling banned’ myth, again

October 2, 2010 – 12:46 am

In March the Daily Mail invented  a new ‘elf ‘n’ safety’ myth: Tabloidwatch covered the myth at the time, pointing out that: as usual with such stories, it’s not entirely accurate. Yes, this year’s race at Cooper’s Hill in Gloucester has been cancelled. But: ‘The organisers of the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake regret [...]

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