Tag Archives: misleading headlines

Shocking ‘journalism’ from the Mail on Sunday

March 27, 2011 – 10:03 am

A lot of people on Twitter yesterday predicted that the Mail on Sunday would cover the March 26th protests only in terms of violence or vandalism and they were not wrong: According to the Guardian more than a quarter of a million people marched – the vast majority peacefully – on London yesterday, so the [...]

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BBC bashing, again

March 18, 2011 – 12:16 pm

Today’s BBC bashing story: ‘BBC gives globe-trotting staff a lesson… on getting to work by BUS’ The reality: The BBC is moving about 1,500 staff from London to Salforsd [sic] as it transfers its children’s and sports departments as well as Radio 5 Live and BBC Breakfast. As part of its preparations bosses set up [...]

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Cheese-Rolling back and the Mail still isn’t happy

March 15, 2011 – 9:45 pm

It was only a matter of time before this year’s annual cheese-rolling festival made it into the tabloid newspapers as a prime example of how ‘elf ‘n’ safety’ had gone truly mad. As has been covered before by numerous blogs on a number of occasions, this event was cancelled last year because the event had [...]

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Dear journalists: it is not a ‘tidal wave’

March 11, 2011 – 3:08 pm

I’m sure you’ve all seen the videos shot from helicopters of the massive tsunami that struck Japan. You’ve probably seen enough that you’ve wondered at the fate of countless individuals – the motorists driving as normal, oblivious to the wall of cars, boats and destroyed houses pushed towards them as if foam on the crest [...]

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The Daily Mail invents a miracle

August 26, 2010 – 3:33 pm

The Daily Mail’s current top article is relying on its readers being pretty stupid and gullible: ‘Miracle mum brings premature baby son back to life with two hours of loving cuddles after doctors pronounce him dead‘. Firstly, just because someone is pronounced dead, it does not follow that they are actually dead. People make mistakes [...]

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