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Stories

  • Almost £100m written off by BBC as digital archive project is scrapped.[1]
  • Distributed Al Qaeda propaganda to youngsters.[2]
  • You do not need a climate change denier to balance the debate.[3]
  • Funded paintballing trip for Islamic terrorists and didn't pass information to UK services about the 21/7 bombers.[4]

Reporting

  • Cited a statement from Hamas claiming an Israeli air strike was to blame for the atrocity that killed hundreds at a hospital. Later reports discovered it was a Hamas rocket.[5]
  • A lady several hours late for her flight is required to purchase another ticket to travel to her destination.[6]
  • Inbreeding between cousins is not a cause of congenital anomalies.[7]
  • The greatest effect of governments borrowing and spending recklessly is not inflation.[8]
  • Automatic weapons, bombs and underground tunnel networks in a hospital are not substantial evidence of a major operation.[9]
  • Purchasing items is described as being "torn" from their previous owner.[10]
  • Someone that refuses to purchase within their means, budget sensibly or retain a partner while having a child is worthy of an article.[11]
  • Took 8 weeks to confirm Hamas raped and mutilated women in the October 7th attacks in Israel.[12]
  • Described the COVID lab leak theory as "conspiracy theory", "false claim", "baseless claim" and had been pushed by conspiracy groups while pushing Chinese propaganda that it originated in the US.[13]
  • Claimed Jussie Smollet needed hospital treatment after two men punched him in the face and police were treating it as a hate crime. Claimed the offenders wrapped a rope around his neck, poured bleach on him in Wintertime Chicago at 2am.[14]
  • Considers a lady failing to complete required paperwork being threatened with deportation as newsworthy.[15]
  • Plagiarism is a conservative talking point and only "alleged" despite overwhelming evidence and admissions.[16]

Lies by Omission, Hearsay and Passive Language

  • Reporting Palestinian hearsay about Israeli military strategy.[17]
  • A lorry killed 84 people, not the driver and his beliefs.[18]
  • Newmarket man is charged with murder. Police found a body in Taiwo Abodunde's home.[19]
  • Man charged after pregnant woman stabbed. Mihai Popescu charged with stabbing a heavily pregnant women.[20]
  • Man denies seaside park rape charge. Saad Gomaa, an Egyptian asylum seeker, having spent 40 days in the UK allegedly raped a woman in a park.[21][22]

Journalists

Former Journalists

Notes