The Leicester Mercury misquotes Professor Jason Hughes

[KulrMeStoopid]

http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/...s-rather-than-healthcare-issues-says-academic

See the professors words (and hear them) on this link, then read what the Leicester Mercury spun to create a nearly 100% bold face lie. It's absolute bullshit! Comment on the article, email the paper and make a complaint against them http://www.pcc.org.uk/complaints/form.html


http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/E...ug-addiction/story-20822476-detail/story.html

 

[Mawsley]

And then they carry a story about free ecigs in an effort to help smokers quit.

 

[vaporsizer]

All they've done is twisted the prof's words so they can fill a column ! I sent my complaint & i see in the comments that apologies have begun.

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

Theyve changed the title to

E-cigarettes under fire and could face tighter restrictions

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[man_d]

I wonder if the Prof knows they've misquoted him so badly. Must feel like a bit of a kick in the eye to say one thing and have the published version changed to mean something else.

 

[Mark]

You only have to read Rawheads comment to understand the power of newspapers as he has it completely round his neck, and understandably when the paper accredits statements that Prof Hughes quoted from OTHERS to Prof Hughes himself. Disgraceful reporting.

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

at this time the paper has pulled the article

 

[Mawsley]

Bollocks.

That's just dicked over the article I was about to write - wished I'd screendumped it now. Anyone know how I could get hold of one of the stored version jobbies of old site pages?

 

[Mawsley]

Look at the first post in the thread, Dave, you utter tool.

 

[Mawsley]

Now it's gone to page not found.

Be interesting to see if it made it into the paper or was just an online article.