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Response to The Spectator: anti-Leveson arguments showing their age

Nathan Sparkes responds to Spectator criticism of Labour's support for the Leveson recommendations.

6/12/22

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Bloomberg v ZXC & naming before charge: what The Guardian gets wrong

Rebuts The Guardian's editorial on the Bloomberg v ZXC ruling about naming individuals before charge.

24/2/22

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Fake News: false claims about Hacked Off in The Times shows we are still feared

Hacked Off rebuts false claims about the campaign published in The Times.

7/6/21

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Daily Mail misleads readers and tries to bully teachers: Government policy on COVID-19 should be dictated by the science, not by the corporate press

Hacked Off criticises the Daily Mail's campaign against teachers' unions and argues Covid-19 policy should follow science, not the corporate press.

21/5/20

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Covid-19 Misinformation Round-up Week of April 6

Weekly round-up of inaccurate and misleading newspaper reports on COVID-19, week of 6 April, with independent fact-checks.

9/4/20

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Covid-19 Misinformation Round-up Week of March 30

Weekly round-up of inaccurate and misleading newspaper reports on COVID-19, week of 30 March.

30/3/20

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Tabloids allegedly offered Meghan Markle's costar thousands of dollars to lie

Hacked Off reports Simon Rex's claim that UK tabloids offered him thousands of dollars to say he dated Meghan Markle, which he denies.

23/3/20

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Policy Exchange Report, "Eroding the Free Press": a transparent and ludicrous exercise in misdirection

Hacked Off rebuts the Policy Exchange report 'Eroding the Free Press', arguing IPSO fails to deal with inaccurate reporting about Muslims.

9/9/19

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The Scruton tapes: lack of self-awareness at the Spectator

Hacked Off responds to the Spectator's cover piece defending the treatment of Sir Roger Scruton and criticises IPSO's handling of the New Statesman interview.

25/4/19

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Boris' Brexit Telegraph Lies "clearly comically polemical"?

Hacked Off examines the Telegraph's defence of Boris Johnson's false Brexit poll story, which it called 'clearly comically polemical', and the minimal correction printed.

15/4/19

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Daily Mail issues minuscule correction for horrifically inaccurate reporting on ‘migrant-infested’ Paris suburb

The Daily Mail issued a small correction six months after a 'Powder Keg Paris' article that was widely discredited as inaccurate.

6/2/19

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Fictitious Daily Mail story on ‘migrant-infested’ French suburb receives small correction…6 months later!

Daily Mail correction of its 'Powder Keg Paris' spread came six months late, after the online article was pulled over gross inaccuracies.

6/2/19

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