Submitted on Wednesday 5th August 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 11th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
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Hold News Publishers responsible for sensational and inaccurate articles
British news agencies and publishers have slowly been creating more sensational and factually incorrect headlines and articles. Mostly as click bait to increase readership on websites. The government needs to provide impartial monitoring and fines or other repercussions for misleading publications.
The British Press have been publishing sensational and misleading news, this has led to public confusion and defamation purely to increase profits at the expense of integrity.
During the coronavirus pandemic the press published articles that irresponsibly speculated information and led to public confusion and scaremongering.
They have also published sensational and incorrect articles about businesses that damaged their reputation and further increasing the economic impact of the pandemic.
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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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