Adam Barnett
Adam Barnett is a journalist. Has written for Private Eye, Dissent, New Statesman, Prospect, and the Independent.
Tube strike: your free Metro is spreading myths to discredit the strike
Daily Mail-owned commuter rag implies strike is about holidays. It isn't.
Mail warns Calais migrants could pretend to be gay to claim asylum
Posters in Calais provide basic asylum information - but the Daily Mail smells a rat
Surprise! Express’s ‘£10k of benefits on prostitutes’ story is a pack of lies
The government confirms the man was not on benefits. Whoops
Did this man really spend £10k of benefits on prostitutes? We’re sceptical
Daily Express is keen to believe his boast, but let's think this through
Daily Mail claims ‘7 in 10 Calais migrants get into UK’ – without any evidence
An old quote is published as news to prove something it does not say
What makes Calais a ‘crisis’ is its impact on British business
The Tory press wants us to think like accountants rather than humans