Surprise! Express’s ‘£10k of benefits on prostitutes’ story is a pack of lies
The government confirms the man was not on benefits. Whoops
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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
Daily Mail says fear your fridge – ‘the most dangerous appliance of all’
Is the Daily Mail trying to scare us to death?
Mail on Sunday’s shady ‘Calais migrants in hotels’ story is willfully misleading
The paper distorts reality and fuels resentment of hungry asylum seekers
A xenophobe’s lexicon: anti-migrant language in Calais coverage
‘A swarm of locusts’ – here’s what the words the press are using about Calais actually mean
Telegraph lets Christian bigots slam imaginary ‘Muslim schools’
Why is the Telegraph basing a story on a letter to Ofsted by Christian fundamentalists?
Rod Liddle says send migrants back to Syria in the Sun’s shameful Calais coverage
Some papers sympathise with the victims, while others swim in the sewer of nativism
Four of the five ‘most read’ news stories on Telegraph website are about Cecil the lion
Did the paper’s £8 million digital investment go on magic beans?