In this referendum, don't believe everything

This referendum debate has been debased by some who support Brexit distributing misinformation.

Unfortunately, prominent examples of alleged misreporting can be found in most of the newspapers that back Britain leaving the EU – including The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Telegraph and The Times and The Sunday Times.

Independent newspaper print edition to close

• RIP the print edition of The Independent, but with a monthly digital readership of 58 million,
maybe it can now lead the way in paperless and profitable journalism. 

In a black day for good journalism, it was announced today that the print edition of one of the country’s finest newspapers, The Independent, is to close.

EU migrants are NOT 'bleeding dry' the NHS

Yesterday's Daily Express front page shouted that Britain should ‘Quit the EU to save our NHS’.

Being part of the EU, the paper claimed, puts an “intolerable strain on the NHS” and it “could collapse completely.”

The same story appeared in an inside feature article of the Daily Mail with the headline, ‘Migrants are pushing NHS to breaking point..’

Daily Express business model: selling prejudice and bigotry?

• Imagine Richard Desmond, owner of the Daily Express, pitching his business to the Dragons' Den

Imagine an imaginary scene in Dragons' Den, the popular BBC TV programme where millionaires decide if they'd like to invest in the business plans of 'wannabe' entrepreneurs.

And here comes Richard Desmond into the Den with an investment opportunity for his newspaper called the Daily Express. "So what’s your idea, Richard?" asks one of the Dragons.