#badjournalism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #badjournalism, aggregated by home.social.
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Dear #Shropshire Star,
Judges in England and Wales do not use gavels.
You've been watching too much US courtroom drama.
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Byline: "The high street was closed for the duration of the rescue operation".
High Street is the actual street name; it should therefore have upper case first characters. 🤦♂️
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Byline: "The high street was closed for the duration of the rescue operation".
High Street is the actual street name; it should therefore have upper case first characters. 🤦♂️
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Byline: "The high street was closed for the duration of the rescue operation".
High Street is the actual street name; it should therefore have upper case first characters. 🤦♂️
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Byline: "The high street was closed for the duration of the rescue operation".
High Street is the actual street name; it should therefore have upper case first characters. 🤦♂️
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Byline: "The high street was closed for the duration of the rescue operation".
High Street is the actual street name; it should therefore have upper case first characters. 🤦♂️
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Q: When is an axe not an axe?
#A: When it's a hatchet.
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Q: When is an axe not an axe?
#A: When it's a hatchet.
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Q: When is an axe not an axe?
#A: When it's a hatchet.
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Q: When is an axe not an axe?
#A: When it's a hatchet.
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Q: When is an axe not an axe?
#A: When it's a hatchet.
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Q: When is a catapult not a catapult?
A: When it's a slingshot.
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Q: When is a catapult not a catapult?
A: When it's a slingshot.
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Q: When is a catapult not a catapult?
A: When it's a slingshot.
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Q: When is a catapult not a catapult?
A: When it's a slingshot.
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Q: When is a catapult not a catapult?
A: When it's a slingshot.
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Towing animals?
3 years of media studies and never once encountered the word 'transporting'. 🤦♂️
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Towing animals?
3 years of media studies and never once encountered the word 'transporting'. 🤦♂️
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Towing animals?
3 years of media studies and never once encountered the word 'transporting'. 🤦♂️
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Towing animals?
3 years of media studies and never once encountered the word 'transporting'. 🤦♂️
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Towing animals?
3 years of media studies and never once encountered the word 'transporting'. 🤦♂️
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@wood5y "associates of the far-right anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as…" ??? Maybe more widely known as, but better? #badjournalism
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@wood5y "associates of the far-right anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as…" ??? Maybe more widely known as, but better? #badjournalism
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@wood5y "associates of the far-right anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as…" ??? Maybe more widely known as, but better? #badjournalism
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@wood5y "associates of the far-right anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as…" ??? Maybe more widely known as, but better? #badjournalism
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@wood5y "associates of the far-right anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as…" ??? Maybe more widely known as, but better? #badjournalism
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"Sometimes, it’s not just what you eat, it’s where you eat it. A hot mackerel sandwich from a little smokehouse on Brighton seafront, wolfed down at the shoreline with my wife."
You ate your wife at the seaside? Blige!
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/may/10/52-writers-on-the-best-sandwich-of-their-life
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"Sometimes, it’s not just what you eat, it’s where you eat it. A hot mackerel sandwich from a little smokehouse on Brighton seafront, wolfed down at the shoreline with my wife."
You ate your wife at the seaside? Blige!
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/may/10/52-writers-on-the-best-sandwich-of-their-life
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"Sometimes, it’s not just what you eat, it’s where you eat it. A hot mackerel sandwich from a little smokehouse on Brighton seafront, wolfed down at the shoreline with my wife."
You ate your wife at the seaside? Blige!
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/may/10/52-writers-on-the-best-sandwich-of-their-life
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"Sometimes, it’s not just what you eat, it’s where you eat it. A hot mackerel sandwich from a little smokehouse on Brighton seafront, wolfed down at the shoreline with my wife."
You ate your wife at the seaside? Blige!
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/may/10/52-writers-on-the-best-sandwich-of-their-life
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"Sometimes, it’s not just what you eat, it’s where you eat it. A hot mackerel sandwich from a little smokehouse on Brighton seafront, wolfed down at the shoreline with my wife."
You ate your wife at the seaside? Blige!
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/may/10/52-writers-on-the-best-sandwich-of-their-life
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"The much-loved festive event will again take place between the road opposite the entrance to Cabot Circus and Merchant Street..."
The road is Penn Street, if you'd bothered to look it up on a map.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-glimpse-2026-broadmead-christmas-10955715
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"The much-loved festive event will again take place between the road opposite the entrance to Cabot Circus and Merchant Street..."
The road is Penn Street, if you'd bothered to look it up on a map.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-glimpse-2026-broadmead-christmas-10955715
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"The much-loved festive event will again take place between the road opposite the entrance to Cabot Circus and Merchant Street..."
The road is Penn Street, if you'd bothered to look it up on a map.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-glimpse-2026-broadmead-christmas-10955715
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"The much-loved festive event will again take place between the road opposite the entrance to Cabot Circus and Merchant Street..."
The road is Penn Street, if you'd bothered to look it up on a map.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-glimpse-2026-broadmead-christmas-10955715
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"The much-loved festive event will again take place between the road opposite the entrance to Cabot Circus and Merchant Street..."
The road is Penn Street, if you'd bothered to look it up on a map.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-glimpse-2026-broadmead-christmas-10955715
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"A member of the public discovered a man’s body on a roof garden located at a block of flats."
What was 'a member of the public' [sic] doing on private property?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/urgent-enquiries-identify-man-found-10951196
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"A member of the public discovered a man’s body on a roof garden located at a block of flats."
What was 'a member of the public' [sic] doing on private property?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/urgent-enquiries-identify-man-found-10951196
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"A member of the public discovered a man’s body on a roof garden located at a block of flats."
What was 'a member of the public' [sic] doing on private property?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/urgent-enquiries-identify-man-found-10951196
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"A member of the public discovered a man’s body on a roof garden located at a block of flats."
What was 'a member of the public' [sic] doing on private property?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/urgent-enquiries-identify-man-found-10951196
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"A member of the public discovered a man’s body on a roof garden located at a block of flats."
What was 'a member of the public' [sic] doing on private property?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/urgent-enquiries-identify-man-found-10951196
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Today's #BadJournalism howler: the return of the 'island' of #Gibraltar. 🤦♂️
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/uk-territory-gibraltar-dumps-raw-sewage-mediterranean
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Today's #BadJournalism howler: the return of the 'island' of #Gibraltar. 🤦♂️
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/uk-territory-gibraltar-dumps-raw-sewage-mediterranean
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Today's #BadJournalism howler: the return of the 'island' of #Gibraltar. 🤦♂️
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/uk-territory-gibraltar-dumps-raw-sewage-mediterranean
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Today's #BadJournalism howler: the return of the 'island' of #Gibraltar. 🤦♂️
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/uk-territory-gibraltar-dumps-raw-sewage-mediterranean