Fake News

Brexiters’ angry complaints that BBC is biased against them may have made broadcaster timid. Here are five new lapses since start of year.

One reason Brexit press hasn’t been forced to correct stories is because they weren’t technically false, even when they were misleading.

It took 89 days on average for InFacts to get corrections to pre-referendum stories. During Brexit talks, press and IPSO must do better.

The pro-Brexit press produced many false front-page splashes during the EU referendum. Even when papers acknowledged their errors, the corrections were never as prominent

Press watchdog rapped Trevor Kavanagh for failing to take care in story about Calais migrants - and criticised tabloid for slow correction.

Tabloid fesses up to careless calculations on post-Brexit price drops. But arch-Brexiter is yet to correct tweet hailing “huge savings”.

Rees-Mogg praised tabloid’s article that calculated big price cuts if we quit customs union. Snag is Sun got its sums wrong.

European Parliament Brexit coordinator is an elected MEP. Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn needs to get his facts right.

Media must stop presenting theories refuted by the overwhelming majority of economists as viable post-Brexit options.

Tabloid fesses up to careless calculations on post-Brexit price drops. But arch-Brexiter is yet to correct tweet hailing “huge savings”.

Pro-Brexit pressure group implied a child refugee was arrested on terror offenses. He wasn’t.