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Watching the right-wing media

The Daily Mail’s coronavirus hypocrisy is shocking

Sophia Dourou
23 March, 2020

A Daily Mail article attacked visitors overwhelming the countryside amid Covid-19 concerns after mere days earlier encouraging flocking to said scenic locations

George Osborne made food banks necessary, now his newspaper is asking you to pay for them

Charlotte England
7 December, 2017

Phone up and ask the former chancellor – who is taking part in the charity telethon – why he loves food banks so much. Don’t phone up and donate money.

LBC ‘suggests being a Labour Party member is as important as eating’, in absurd attempt to stitch up MP

Charlotte England
12 October, 2017

Radio station accused of ‘surpassing gotcha journalism’ and relying on ‘false equivalency’, with suggestion that charging prospective party members a premium rate to join Labour is the same as forcing destitute benefits claimants to call 55p a minute line for food money.

Daily Mail writes two articles on same climate study with wildly differing conclusions

19 September, 2017

The print issue claims climate change warnings were ‘exaggerated’ whilst the online only article says climate change is very real and we need to act immediately.

The hard-right is about to lose one its most important newspaper allies

Josiah Mortimer
8 September, 2017

Handing over Dirty Des’ media empire to the Mirror group can only be a good thing.

NUJ demands IPSO inquiry on press racism after ‘Muslim Problem’ article

Charlotte England
17 August, 2017

The watchdog is currently only interested in attacks on individuals and does not usually look into complaints regarding the treatment of specific groups.

More than 200 people have complained to IPSO against the Sun’s racist rhetoric

Josiah Mortimer
16 August, 2017

Number of complaints rapidly rising following letter from MPs – as the newspaper tries to cover its back…

MPs are right to stand up to the Sun’s racist anti-Muslim rhetoric

Josiah Mortimer
16 August, 2017

There can be no tolerance for Nazi-like language: bigots must be shown the door.

The Sun ripped off Charlie Gard parents Mail interview and said it was ‘exclusive’

8 August, 2017

The Gard family are complaining to the press regulator IPSO over the newspaper’s actions following their son’s death.

8 offensive Prince Phillip quotes the press excuse as “gaffes”

3 August, 2017

At risk of being unpopular, it’s probably worth calling out some of the least statesmanlike comments our Head of State’s husband has made over 70 years.

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