The media must stop using misleading headlines
Often the article doesn’t actually say what the headline promised. We call this an ‘edline’. Read
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Leo Benedictus
Journalist
Leo joined Full Fact in January 2020. For 15 years, he worked freelance as a feature writer for the Guardian, Prospect, the New Scientist and others, making maps of immigration, explaining citizens’ assemblies and debunking superfoods. He has a fondness for science and statistics. He also writes novels.
Boris Johnson promised to publish his Dyson communications—we’re still waiting on “all the details”
The Prime Minister originally said he would share ‘all the details’ with the House of Commons and ‘communications’ would be published. Read
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Health
Covid-19: Behind the death toll
We see the scale of this pandemic in another way if we look at the death toll alongside how many years of life are being lost—including among people who don’t die. Read
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Can we believe the lockdown sceptics?
Evidence does not support the theories of sceptics Peter Hitchens, Ivor Cummins and Mike Yeadon Read
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How the government performed on its autumn testing targets
One target was met before it was announced. The data has not been published that would let us check the other. Read
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How to check coronavirus cases near you
Local coronavirus case data is easy to find, but needs to be read carefully Read
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Did the government meet its Covid-19 test targets?
The government has often been unclear about exactly what its testing targets were. It has hit some and missed others, and announced successes without evidence that the success was real. Read
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Health
What did the lockdown rules say when Dominic Cummings travelled to Durham?
Some of Dominic Cummings’s choices were not specifically permitted by the guidelines, and it appears that he did not fully explore the alternatives, as was required. Read
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What we know, and what we don’t, about the true coronavirus death toll
It’s too soon to compare the UK’s coronavirus death toll with other countries Read
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