Facebook sponsored FullFact.org supported the BBC’s estimate that 10K people attended London’s 24th of April pro-freedom rally. When I challenged FullFact on this they accepted it was likely in teh region of 30K people in attendance.
Covid-19 Has It’s Own Advertising Agency in NI
The NI Executive has spent huge sums of money on advertising Covid to ensure people remain aware it’s still a threat, in case they had forgotten. We submitted a FOI request asking for a breakdown of their advertising costs.
BBC Caught in an ‘Ass-Covering’ Exercise
The BBC’s Marie-Louise Connolly called for “young ones” in the 0-19 age group to be vaccinated. When challenged the BBC responded by saying that by “young ones” she meant those under 59. When challenged again the BBC concluded she meant teenagers only. In this example, we show how far the BBC will go to cover up for its won journalist’s disasters.
Deepti Gurdasani: Ignored Right of Reply
Following on from our investigation into the misinformation being spread by Deepti Gurdasani, we now publish the Right of Reply offer she declined.
Independent Sage and Their Struggle With Graphs
Chris Pagel of Zero Covid grouping, Independent Sage, presented a poorly worded tweet displaying an inability to understand rolling rate data and how that is reflected in slides. I challenged her on this and I detail that exchange here.
The Telegraph Retraction: No evidence that 12-15 year olds are “most responsible” for spreading
Henry Bodkin, a correspondent for the Telegraph claimed that “12 to 15-year-olds one of the age groups most responsible for spreading the virus.” After refusing to provide evidence for his claim we appealed to the Telegraph complaints department and forced them into retracting the statement.
The Unmasking of Deepti Gurdasani: Disinformation and Misrepresentation
Deepti Gurdasani is a lecturer in Machine Learning at Queen Mary University in London. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she became a loud voice advocating on behalf of the extremist ideology for Zero Covid with a special focus on how kids are, in her view, ‘huge spreaders’ of the virus and therefore needed every aspect of their lives curtailed. In this report, we investigate some of Gurdasani’s claims and find purposeful disinformation emanating from her around schools and their alleged impact on community transmission rates.
Dan Hodges: The Flip-Flopper
Dan Hodges is renowned for his divisiveness and hypocrisy on COVID-19 responses. Whilst being humiliated seems to be an acceptable payoff for getting attention for Dan, his public breakdowns and denialism do little to inspire confidence in a struggling corporate media industry and in the people who may look to journalists for guidance.
The Telegraph’s Henry Bodkin Publishes Disinformation – 12-15 year olds are not “most responsible for COVID-19 spread”.
Henry Bodkin wrote in the Telegraph that 12-15 year olds were significant spreaders of COVID-19. When I asked him to prove his claim, he was unable to do so.
Outdoor Events Are Safe: The London Protest
The #londonprotest of 24th April was billed by opponents as a “super-spreader” event and those attending it as “selfish” who didn’t care they could potentially kill elderly relatives. The data now tells us these claims were irrational and not evidence based.