The BBC didn’t edit the headline of a Scottish newspaper
The headline of an article about the Scottish election results was changed by the newspaper. Read
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Pictures of Parliament don’t tell the whole story
Facebook memes about MP attendance exclude important information. Read
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MPs must ensure the Online Safety Bill tackles bad information and online harms in our democracy
Confirmation that the Online Safety Bill will finally go ahead is welcome: good legislation and regulation could make a significant difference. But it must be balanced with the need to protect freedom Read
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How the BBC makes money
It’s not just funded by the licence fee or public money as the Sun suggested. Around 30% is from commercial operations. Read
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Sun wrong to claim lockdown doubled suicide rates
Evidence suggests suicides did not increase after the first lockdown. Read
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Letter to MHRA is filled with false Covid-19 claims
These include falsehoods that all people who die after a positive Covid test are registered as having died of Covid and that the Covid vaccines are experimental. Read
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Viral video includes lots of false claims and half truths
These include claims that there is a blanket approach to DNACPRs on elderly and disabled people, that the Covid-19 vaccines are experimental and genocidal, and that the Covid-19 pandemic was planned. Read
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New York Post’s use of old India gas leak picture causes confusion
The paper used a picture of scenes from a gas leak in 2020, not Covid-19 in 2021. Read
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Prince William is not leading a global depopulation agenda
Agenda 21 is a sustainable development plan published by the UN in 1992, not a “global depopulation plan”. Read
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The term ‘double mutants’ doesn’t mean much
This term has been used a lot in reference to the so-called ‘Indian variant’ of Covid-19 which has multiple mutations, and so do many of the other variants. Read
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