Submitted on Monday 20th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Investigate the irresponsible COVID-19 reporting by the UK Press.
Parliament / Government shall establish an independent inquiry into the irresponsible and panic-inducing behaviour and the misrepresentative reporting which the UK media (of all types) has undertaken during the COVID-19 national emergency.
The UK media has consistently sought to sensationalise all aspects of the COVID-19 emergency which has exasperated people’s feeling of fear / panic, and sought to undermine Government’s efforts to chart a pragmatic path through the situation. The media has used inaccurate / false reporting (See HMG response to the Sunday Times Insight article) which has had a detrimental effect on the UK’s morale, adversely affected national cohesiveness and further undermined trust in the UK Press Corps.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Complaints about the press are the responsibility of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), not the Government or Parliament.
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