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Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday accused of printing false comments from health and safety experts

The Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday both ran very similar stories at the weekend: The professional body that represents health-and-safety experts has warned businesses not to grit public paths. (Mail) The professional body that represents health and safety experts has issued a warning to businesses not to grit public paths. (Telegraph) Both then went on about health [...]

Cervical cancer jab

1 October 2009 , ,
Mark Cole Malcolm Coles (sorry!) has done a great job chronicling the spread online of misinformation about the cervical cancer jab (aka HPV vaccination), which newspapers have got the story wrong and how quickly or not they’ve moved to update and correct their information. As today’s post shows, inaccurate information still comes out very highly [...]