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'I would like to ask MailOnline to please remove the photos'
Yesterday, MailOnline published an article under the headline: 'Baby's first picture! Pregnant Evan Rachel Wood can't stop smiling as she emerges with ultrasound scan':The first photo on the article...
View ArticleMail corrects Littlejohn column
The 'Clarifications and corrections' column in today's Mail includes this:A recent column said that EU regulations prevent the Women’s Institute from selling jam in re-used jars. In fact the rules...
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'At no time did one of the doors open'
Today, the Mail's website has reported:The article by Tom Kelly begins:A British tourist told yesterday of his flight of terror when he claims an emergency exit on a super jumbo blew open at...
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Derren Brown challenges Sun 'exclusive'
A Sun 'exclusive' published on 18 February revealed:Telly illusionist Derren Brown is planning his most mind-blowing trick — turning a straight man GAY.The hypnotist also thinks he can use his powers...
View ArticleMail apologises to Christine Hamilton
An apology in today's Mail reads:A recent reader's letter wrongly compared a 2003 driving offence for which Christine Hamilton was acquitted with the more serious offence of perverting the course of...
View ArticleMail on Sunday apologises for smoking claim
Mail on Sunday, 27 January 2013:E-cigarettes ‘can cause more harm than smoking’, experts sayThey are billed as a healthier alternative to smoking, yet experts now warn that electronic cigarettes may be...
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Pregnancy 'news' round up
Most of the tabloid newspapers put yet more royal baby news on their front pages on 6 March: The Sun's front page makes it very clear - the Duchess of Cambridge was handed a teddy bear and said:"Thank...
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'We cannot get ahead of ourselves'
The front page of Wednesday's Express 'revealed' that a '3p blood pressure pill beats dementia': The headline on the online version of the article is slightly different: '3p pill cuts dementia risk by...
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'We do not normally find it worthwhile challenging Daily Express euromyths...
An article in today's Express claims:Journalist Alison Little writes:Euro MPs want to brainwash children with “sinister” Soviet-style propaganda on a new website, it was claimed yesterday.European...
View ArticleThe Sun vs Gordon Brown (cont.)
This apology to Gordon Brown appeared in today's Sun:In Trevor Kavanagh’s column of 12 November, it was stated that Gordon Brown accused The Sun of blagging his son’s medical records. In fact, Mr Brown...
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Not smoking is good for you, reveals Express
The front page of Tuesday's Express reveals '7 Easy Steps To A Longer Life':Jo Willey's story explains what those '7 easy steps' are:staying physically active, sticking to a healthy weight, eating a...
View ArticleMail corrects claim on company collapse
Daily Mail, 2 March 2013:all that remains of Cressida's patrimony is a pile of bricks alongside the A444 at Castle Gresley.It once used to be the Bonas Brothers factory, but the business went bust in...
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Express and statins (cont.)
The Express's coverage of the effects of statins (like their weather reporting) has always lurched from one sensationalist extreme to the other.One day, statins are the key to a longer life, a wonder...
View ArticleMail apologises to Sir Roger Moore for repeating false claims in The People
On 20 January, The People published the following apology to Sir Roger Moore:On 16 September we published an article headed “I’ve had Moore women than James Bond” which claimed that Sir Roger Moore had...
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The Express and salt (cont.)
Thursday's Express serves up another 'miracle cure' front page story:The 'five easy steps' to good health are revealed by Jo Willey:Keeping active, slashing salt intake, eating a healthy diet with...
View ArticleThe Sun's prison/hospital confusion
An apology published by The Sun:In an article ‘Real life Mr Bump has had 34 ops’ (11 January) a picture caption mistakenly said that Mr Terry Butler had been ‘in prison’ for 15 months instead of ‘in...
View ArticleMailOnline falls for April Fool's Day story
This article was published by the Croydon Advertiser's website on Sunday 7 April:The Daily Mail has reported that Westfield are to erect a statue of Kate Moss in their new Croydon shopping centre -...
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The Mail, the BBC and Thatcher 'bias'
As sure as night follows day, so the death of Margaret Thatcher was always going to be followed by the Daily Mail complaining about 'anti-Thatcher bias' in the BBC's coverage. On 9 April, this was...
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Star illustrates new story with photo from 2008
The front page of today's Daily Star includes a dramatic photo of an explosion in Texas:As Scott Bryan points out, the same photo is prominent on pages 8-9, illustrating their double page spread.The...
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The Star's misleading X Factor splash
The front page of Tuesday's Daily Star splashed with the headline 'Cops raid X Factor star's home' next to a large photo of Simon Cowell:The picture caption describes Cowell as 'shocked'. But contrary...
View ArticleScottish Mail apologises over asylum claims
The Scottish Daily Mail has published the following correction and apology, after a complaint from the Scottish Refugee Council:In an article on January 25, 2013, headlined: "Crisis as Asylum Seekers...
View ArticleMail on Sunday corrects minaret claim
A correction from the Mail on Sunday:An earlier version of this article showed a picture of a mosque with dome and minaret and suggested that such a building might be added to the skyline of Chipping...
View ArticleThe PCC and the MailOnline's publication of 'clearly inappropriate' creepshots
On 24 September 2012, MailOnline published an article about 'creepshots' - photographs of females taken without their knowledge (often 'upskirt' photos) - that were taken in a Georgia high school by a...
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EC in UK challenges Mail article on Europol - but paper removes key points...
On 19 April, the Daily Mail reported:The article by Ian Drury began:British police forces will be forced to hand sensitive details of criminal investigations to Brussels or risk a massive fine. In a...
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From 'Arctic gales' to 'scorching sunshine'...
Express, Monday 29 April 2013:Any hopes of a reprieve for the Bank Holiday were dashed as experts warned wind, rain and bitter temperatures will dampen spirits for much of the UK...There is even the...
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