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Media Hell is a project to expose
media fallacies.
It's a lazy person's guide to diabolical reporting.
Click here for a
general intro >
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LATEST/
As the media started predicting rising unemployment from
the "global economic crisis", we noticed a surge
of negative media stereotyping of the jobless. More...
A good example of how newspapers
recycle old stories to create terrifying new headlines
was provided last year. 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...
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...
• One in ten UK households not paying
council tax?...
• Newspapers not trusted...
• Lie-detector nation... or taser-gun
nation?...
• Benefit fraud exaggerated...
• Obama
inhaled...
• More news...
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