This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Hold News Publishers responsible for sensational and inaccurate articles
British news agencies and publishers have slowly been creating more sensational and factually incorrect headlines and articles. Mostly as click bait to increase readership on websites. The government needs to provide impartial monitoring and fines or other repercussions for misleading publications.
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The British Press have been publishing sensational and misleading news, this has led to public confusion and defamation purely to increase profits at the expense of integrity.
During the coronavirus pandemic the press published articles that irresponsibly speculated information and led to public confusion and scaremongering.
They have also published sensational and incorrect articles about businesses that damaged their reputation and further increasing the economic impact of the pandemic.
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