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How Do You Turn Data Showing Brits Hold 80% of Jobs Into “Foreigners Took 4 out of 5 of New Jobs”?
Well, you pass the data through a right-wing think tank and spit it out in right-wing media headlines. A guest fact-check by Emma Monk of Monk Debunks.
15/10/26
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No, we don't spend £74 million a year on branded condoms for Pakistan
No, we don't spend £74 million a year on branded condoms for Pakistan
Tracing the City AM headline back to Matt Goodwin's LBC claim and back through Guido Fawkes to a UK aid programme for women in rural Pakistan. A guest fact-check by Emma Monk of Monk Debunks.
6/10/26
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No, ‘More Freedom’ is NOT ‘handed to new arrivals than British citizens’
As misleading front page headlines go, this one from the Express has to be up there with some of the worst! A guest fact-check by Emma Monk of Monk Debunks.
24/9/26
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A year and two days: the story of one complaint to IPSO
Guest blog: Chris Goodall's complaint about fifteen errors in a Daily Mail article took IPSO a year and two days to decide. Here he publishes the full timeline — more than 80 emails, hundreds of hours of work, and one correction.
22/9/26
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How commissioned polling is laundered into the press
Guest blog: The Times and The Telegraph reported polls secretly arranged by Reform UK without telling readers who commissioned them. Ben Phillips on why polling transparency matters, and why newspapers keep failing to ask basic questions.
18/9/26
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Climate misinformation and press regulation
Guest blog: Chris Goodall took a complaint to IPSO over fifteen factual errors in a Daily Mail article on wind power. Almost a year later, the regulator ordered a single sentence to be amended.
15/9/26
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Guess what was on the "jaw-dropping" list?
How the bare basics, including one toilet roll, became a tabloid headline. A guest fact-check by Emma Monk of Monk Debunks.
Heatwaves Caused by Fall in Pollution? Not really...
What a study on European warming actually found and how it got twisted into a climate-denial talking point. A guest fact-check by Emma Monk of Monk Debunks.
26/7/26
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Hosepipe Bans and the Benefits Myth
Why just claiming benefits doesn't exempt you from a hosepipe ban - and why headlines saying otherwise could land people with fines. A guest fact-check by Emma Monk of Monk Debunks.
17/7/26
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Press launch disinformation attack on “Hacked Off” following Mail judgment
The corporate press has used the ANL judgment as an opportunity to revive their attacks on Hacked Off and its supporters. It's important we set the record straight.
10/7/26
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With so little regard for the facts, The Spectator is treating its readers with contempt
The latest misinformed attack on press standards comes from The Spectator
City AM spreads falsehoods on media standards
City AM is the latest publication to share disinformation on media standards