Labour Freedom of Information request on cervical cancer with figures edited and used to scare by omitting the wider facts

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Labour Freedom of Information request on cervical cancer with figures edited and used to scare by omitting the wider facts

Professor John Robertson OBA I used to teach Research Methods to BA Journalism students. Nice kids with ambitions to helpfully inform readers. I worry for them now. Corporate and state media care little for informing, seek only to attract readers with scares and titillation and, must surely damage the mental health of those who work within. First, that claim – Wait times for cervical examinations increase in all but one health area since 2019 – …