Submitted on Friday 29th July 2016
Rejected on Thursday 4th August 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Force media retractions to be given the same prominence as retracted articles
Retractions should be published in the same position and with the same size lettering as the retracted article. People have a right to be alerted to false information in the press.
Headlines often make big claims in front page headlines that are subsequently retracted, but the retractions are usually published on an inside page, in a small article.
An example of an article that was retracted: https://vice-images.vice.com/images/articles/meta/2015/11/24/i-conducted-the-muslim-poll-the-sun-jihadi-sympathy-1448380391.png
The retraction: https://vice-images.vice.com/images/articles/meta/2015/11/24/i-conducted-the-muslim-poll-the-sun-jihadi-sympathy-1448380391.png
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125873
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