Media Integrity
Heffer: Underclass of single parents lead to criminality
Simon Heffer in today’s Telegraph (“The underserving poor will be Cameron’s biggest headache”) repeats the myth of: “an underclass of single […]
Daily Mail crowd estimate out by 2,000 per cent
The Daily Mail headline screamed, “A million march to US Capitol to protest against ‘Obama the socialist’.” But American bloggers […]
Stark choices in weekend polls hide true public sentiment
When offered a greater choice in opinion polls, the public offer a truer reflection
Mozart and Lily Allen: Not such strange bed fellows
In a story about the launch yesterday of the National Year of Music by Ed Balls, the Express highlighted the […]
Tabloid hysteria over Equalities Bill wide of the mark
The Equalities Bill, will, for the first time, outlaw discrimination on the grounds of socio-economic background.
Spectator’s spectacular U-turn on climate change
One of Ian Plimer’s central claims – reported by Melanie Phillips for The Spectator - is that Arctic sea ice is in fact growing. This assertion is, of course, simply wrong. But this week’s magazine, in arguing for new fossil fuel extraction in Arctic wilderness areas, carries the reverse claim. Are we witnessing a new editorial line on climate change – or is the magazine simply unconcerned about contradicting itself in the starkest terms on the biggest issue of our time?