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Student blog post: “Fox News Poll: Confidence in military remains high, in media low”

“Fox News Poll: Confidence in military remains high, in media low” This is the headline of an article that was published by Dana Blanton for Fox News on the 27th February 2017. The article is based on data that was … Continue reading

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Student blog post: Obama signs Executive order banning the pledge of allegiance in schools nationwide

“Obama signs Executive order banning the pledge of allegiance in schools nationwide” http://abcnews.com.co/obama-signs-executive-order-declaring-investigation-of-election-results/ In September 2016 www.abcnews.com.co a credited fake news website circulated on both their website, Facebook and Twitter page, that Obama has signed the executive order 13738 which … Continue reading

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/14/fbi-anti-muslim-hate-crimes-rise-2015   The headline for this news article reads: “FBI reports hate crimes against Muslims surged by 67% in 2015”. The article then follows by claiming: that the “Number of anti-Muslim hate crimes last year at its highest since 9/11” … Continue reading

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The distribution of wealth held by each decile has been broadly unchanged since 2001-2003, according to these figures. The share of Identified Wealth held by the richest decile of the Identified Wealth population has remained fairly stable, fluctuating between 44% … Continue reading

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Financial Times Article: ‘To build a shared society, focus on technical skills education’ https://www.ft.com/content/8f4d27f4-d80a-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e   This article by Miranda Green from the Financial Times website states in the introductory paragraph that “nearly half of all young people are now enrolling … Continue reading

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Student blog post: Men more likely to gossip than women – survey

This Daily Mail article discusses the idea that, according to a survey conducted by BMBR Research, men enjoy gossiping more than women. The article supports the headline  by using a number of statistics including one in ten men like to … Continue reading

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This is the claim made in an article made by BBC in March 2017. The article then goes into stating that ‘’But while men are still much more likely to kill themselves in Canada, young women are starting to catch … Continue reading

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Student blog post: ‘The extra EU migrants the ONS has found down the back of a sofa are six Newcastles.’

The Express cites the Office of National Statistics for data behind their claims, specifically the estimate of long term migrants. Short-term migrants are classed as staying for less than a year, and long term is anything more than this. To … Continue reading

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Student blog post: Kids as young as THREE being given smartphones by their parents, new survey claims

According to an article by The Sun newspaper, claims have been made that children as young as three years old are being given their own smartphones by their parents. The claim made by the newspaper seems to be correct of … Continue reading

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Student blog post: 1 in 10 inmates in the UK are foreigners: Taxpayer foots prison costs

  Source: Daily Star (2016) – http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/506979/foreign-criminals-prisoners-UK-taxpayer-expensive-prison-population   Main Claims: 1.      More than 10% of prisoners in the UK are from abroad – and each costs £65k a year 2.      Each costs UK taxpayers £65,000 every year – adding up … Continue reading

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