This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition For It to be made a proper offence for newspapers to misinform the public.
There has been so many stories in the press in the last decade that have influenced peoples thinking, yet have been proven to be totally fabricated. Particularly on subjects of race,religion,immigration. As it is now the papers can say what they like without much consequence.
More details
https://www.opendemocracy.net/shinealight/adam-wagner/too-little-too-late-as-daily-mail-corrects-bogus-human-rights-splash
http://www.mcb.org.uk/media-misreporting/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sun-muslim-problem-investigation-jewish-islamic-ipso-trevor-kavanagh-nazi-propaganda-tabloid-news-uk-a7894231.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/78v3l2/telegraph_admits_in_tiny_retraction_that/
Stop the hate campaign group
This petition was rejected
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