When you read the Sun, Daily Mail and the Express over a long-enough period of time, you start to notice a few things.
One thing that crops up regularly are hysterical ranting posts over a few small topics, including the following:
- It's Political Correctness/'Elf-and-Safety gawn maaaddd!!!;
- Scandal as the NHS refuses treatment!!!!!/New miracle cure for [insert scary medical condition here] - this is a particular favourite of the Mail which appears to be on a quest to categorise everything into either causing or curing cancer;
- Eurocrats are trying to control our way of life!!!!;
- Immigrants taking over and guess who's paying?!!!!
Therefore, in the spirit of co-operation, we've decided to help them out by listing great sources of information, thereby saving them valuable time:
- Health and Safety Executive - "Myth of the Month" - a useful site for any claims which are made about bizarre actions taken or prevented in the name of preventing accident;
- NHS Choices - Behind the Headlines - a very good site for any "miracle cure" stories;
- National Institute of Clinical Excellence - evidence-based guidelines on various health topics, which go a long way to help the NHS what medicines and treatments should and shouldn't be funded by the taxpayer;
- News from the European Commission in the UK - news on how the Eurocrats aren't necessarily trying to dictate how we live;
- The Refugee Council - The Truth About Asylum;
- National Assembly Against Racism - Mythbusting Guide (PDF); and also
- Mediawise's guide to the use of correct terminology.
Of course, any and all of these lists could also be used by anyone else who wants to know more about the articles which the Sun, Daily Mail and/or the Express publish.
If anyone has any other suggestions as what other sources our tabloid journalists could use, just leave them in the comments.
* Thanks to Tabloid Watch for these particular links
** Thanks to Bloggerheads for these suggestions
3 comments:
it's the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
D'oh!
Thanks for that.
Post is updated.
Ok mine are HIV related. This is due to the disgusting standard of HIV reporting in the UK (Which seems to fall into three distinct categories: Celebrity fundraising and isn't it all lovely that all these rich wankers give a shit, six monthly sexual health scare stories & demonising people living with HIV as either reckless monsters or immigrants.)
A report by National AIDS Trust: The Myth of HIV Health Tourism.
http://www.nat.org.uk/Media%20library/Files/PDF%20documents/Myth-of-HIV-Health-Tourism-Oct-2008.pdf
And the more general Media Reporting, again by NAT:
http://www.nat.org.uk/Information-and-Resources/Media-reporting.aspx
Great post,
BSE
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