Monthly Archives: March 2017

Student blog post: Teenage pregnancy rates hit all-time low after nearly halving in the last eight years.

This headline starts by stating that the rate of teenage pregnancy has almost halved in the last eight years, therefore I thought this would be a good place for me to start as well. The headline was written from 2015 … Continue reading

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Student blog post: New ‘immoral’ London flats will be 40% smaller than Travelodge rooms

This story claims that flats built in London, will be 40% smaller than Travelodge rooms. The headline however does not state how many flats this Involves, and instead implies that it will be all new flats constructed within the capital. … Continue reading

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Student blog post: Headline: Giant meteor hitting earth preferred by 1 in 4 millennials over Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton presidency

The story behind this headline is that when given the choice between either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton becoming president, more young Americans wanted a giant meteor to strike Earth on 8th November. The method used to collect this data … Continue reading

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Student blog post: The top strain on relationships in the UK revealed

Firstly “relationship” is not defined in the headline. Relationships could mean sexual, familial or Platonical. Different problems are likely to arrive when it comes to different types of relationships, for example, problems like AIDs are likely to affect a sexual … Continue reading

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Student blog post: Majority of Britons demand national public holiday on Monday after clocks go forward, study shows

New research on Brits and their feelings on a new bank holiday after the clock goes forward. They were asked about their feelings about the biannual change in time. And 60% of Brits get confused by this, they do not … Continue reading

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http://uk.businessinsider.com/fast-food-workers-face-rampant-sexual-harassment-2017-3?r=US&IR=T The first thing in the article that raises questions is the sample used for the survey, it was an online survey and so automatically a sample bias is presented of those who would complete an online survey as opposed … Continue reading

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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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