Any NEWSPAPER to be bound like BBC: to be fair, balanced, truthful and accurate.

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Any NEWSPAPER to be bound like BBC: to be fair, balanced, truthful and accurate.

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At top of cover page, all publications to declare themselves to be a Newspaper, or Propaganda Sheet, Party Political publication, Advertising material, Lifestyle magazine, Specific Interest Publication. We need to know what we buy, just as we differentiate between reportage and advertisement.

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The reason for this need is the existence of daily publications which:
• deliberately distort their reporting by selection of facts,
• selectively headline items with a disproportionate emphasis on some topics,
• repeat items as if they were new or current when they are not,
• use biased, inflammatory or pejorative language,
• set a tone which encourages divisiveness and prejudice against particular groups or beliefs.
This is a serious and growing problem, today and in recent years.

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