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Iraq war deaths - Lancet study criticised

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...

BBC exaggerates driving test identity fraud

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...

BBC's Sleazy Crime Porn

BBC1's CCTV: You are Being Watched (8/5/07) was advertised as a "documentary on the history of CCTV". It looked to us more like an orgy of extreme and gratuitous fearmongering over crime. More...

Press Release: BBC's misleading crime headlines

After the BBC upheld our complaint on misleading crime coverage, we looked at BBC News Online, and found a pattern of misreporting. More...

Recycling terrorism hysteria

BBC and ITN are both guilty of recycling old "terror scare" footage to create headline stories out of minor reports. Two recent examples are the BBC1 coverage of the court proceedings for the alleged 21/7/05 terror plot, and ITN coverage of the alleged "Birmingham" terror plot. More...

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