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Media Sceptic is a project to expose
media fallacies.
It's a lazy person's guide to diabolical reporting.
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LATEST/
How many Iraqi deaths due to the US occupation? Project
Censored focuses on the calamity in Iraq, but
excludes several crucial scientific studies and presents a
headline deaths figure which isn't supported by scientific
consensus. More...
We supported Lancet 2004, but scientific opinion seems to
be moving against the 2006 Lancet study (which estimated 601,000
violent deaths). There are more peer-reviewed papers casting
doubt on Lancet 2006 than corroborating it. More...
Following the murder of Rhys Jones, the BBC returned to hysteria
mode, with Newsnight's "Anarchy in the UK"
headline, and other BBC panic-mongering over child-related
crime. We corresponded with BBC editors/reporters. More...
Research tells us that people base their fears more on the
vividness of events than on the probability of them
reoccurring. And the press compete in terms of vividness of
shocking coverage, with predictable results. More
at our blog...
The BBC ran a headline story claiming massive levels of identity
fraud in the driving test system. We queried this with
the Driving Standards Agency and found that the BBC
were reporting flimsy speculation as fact. More...
After the BBC upheld our complaint
on misleading crime coverage, we looked at BBC News
Online, and found a pattern of misreporting. More...
• Banks refund £2.6bn to customers...
• Former Crimewatch host accuses
media of fearmongering...
• Government to use lie detectors
on benefits claimants...
• Media coverage of latest crime figures...
• Students
force HSBC into rethink...
• More news...
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