Submitted on Friday 17th February 2017
Rejected on Thursday 2nd March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Investigations into fake news should be completed before Article 50 is triggered
Over the years a lot of fake news been about the EU which has been repeated so many times that people now believe it. The inquiry into the impact of fake news on the democratic process may show that the result of the EU Referendum is unsound due to the undue influence of these misleading reports.
Fake News is not new. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Boris Johnson reported on the European Commission. At the time: “ Many of his fellow journalists based in the city were critical of his articles, opining that they often contained untruths designed to discredit the Commission, with The Guardian's John Palmer stating that “as a journalist he is thoroughly irresponsible, making up stories.” ”
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson#The_Times_and_The_Daily_Telegraph:_1987.E2.80.9394
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We're not sure which investigations you're referring to. If you're referring to the parliamentary inquiry into 'fake news', you could start a new petition calling on the Government not to trigger Article 50 until the Culture, Media and Sport Committee has finished its inquiry.
You can find out more about the Committee's work here:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/inquiry2/
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