tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post950576798041173821..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: On the manufacture of fake news Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-43479789744907314532016-12-21T09:33:35.834+00:002016-12-21T09:33:35.834+00:00This is the reason that I and, hopefully, lots of ...This is the reason that I and, hopefully, lots of other's pay little attention to what's written in my newspaper each day and why I generally support freedom of speech, I have severe reservations about that freedom in the context of the Media.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267170289726545355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-33791735148631781302016-12-20T19:24:08.824+00:002016-12-20T19:24:08.824+00:00Hoisted by their own petard methinks.Hoisted by their own petard methinks.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-62698667007198151012016-12-20T17:19:13.436+00:002016-12-20T17:19:13.436+00:00Your last paragraph is so true. Headlines that X...Your last paragraph is so true. Headlines that X,000 people in the UK are living in poverty when what has been said is relative poverty Even if that is mentioned in the article it is not commented upon.<br />As another example of the type, “Smoking among adults has decreased by 10%in the decade since the smoking ban in 2007.” It might have also decreased by 20% in the decade before but that is not researched.<br />It is lazy journalism, often picked up BTL, but more than that it is newspapers uncritically running stories in line with their agenda.<br />KJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339137349962768014noreply@blogger.com