London Evening Standard
Sorry we called you a rapist
A man has made two identical complaints to the PCC over articles in the Daily Telegraph and London Evening Standard. Both articles reported that he had a rape conviction, despite the fact that his conviction had been quashed on appeal. As a… Read more
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If you have to churn, at least be honest about it
On Thursday, I blogged about an article about Apple’s iPad 2 launch that was written by the Press Association. This article was then copied verbatim* by the London Evening Standard, the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express, without attribution. I… Read more
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Spot the difference
Today, the Press Association brings us news that:Apple boss Steve Jobs has returned from indefinite sick leave to declare 2011 “the year of the iPad2″.Meanwhile, the London Evening Standard (see update) tells us that:Apple boss Steve Jobs… Read more
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About those bans on swimming goggles…
Early on Friday morning, local newspaper paper the Oxford Times published the following story: Identical copies of the same article with the same byline also appeared in the Witney Gazette, the Oxford Mail, the Bicester Advertiser,… Read more
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Another tale of two stories
In November, I blogged about two stories which were almost identical to each other; one was widely covered and one was not. Both stories involved people who had lived in the UK since they were children, who were threatened with deportation. Joan… Read more
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Papers push the MigrationWatchUK agenda… and don’t bother mentioning it
This post originally said that Professor Coleman’s membership of the Galton Institute, formerly known as the Eugenics Society, was of some relevance to his announcement and that the papers should have mentioned this. However, Oli pointed out in… Read more
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