Monthly Archives: January 2011

More scroungers scrounging

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Back in October I looked at coverage of the latest statistics about Employment Support Allowance assessments. The coverage variously claimed that 75%, 78%, or 4 in 5 people on the benefit were fit to work. This wasn’t true. It assumed … Continue reading →

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Desmond walks out of the PCC

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Richard Desmond’s newspapers (the Express, Scottish Express, and the Star) are no longer under the scrutiny of the Press Complaints’ Commission. This, I think, shows the basic flaw in a system of voluntary self-regulation, however well-run – you can opt … Continue reading →

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The Daily Star sinks to a new low

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Today’s Daily Star front page is a disgrace. I can’t imagine how this must make Joanna Yeates’ family feel. To have a national newspaper exploiting her death by printing pathetic, desperate, unfounded claims from a publicity-seeking fraud (or ‘psychic’) under … Continue reading →

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