Newspapers to reserve front pages for factual events and correct misinformation

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Newspapers should not be allowed to show political bias on their front pages and should reserve their front page for factual events. Also information that is proved to be false in newspapers should be corrected in the same font and page of the original misinformation. Fair reporting must be secured.

Newspapers like the sun and Daily Mail have been able to spread propaganda against politicians who don’t suit their political agenda and it creates a corrupt voting system in the build up to elections. Also these same newspapers after spreading lies on the front pages currently only have to correct them on the inside of the newspaper often tucked away in a small sentence on page 31.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you're concerned about bias in newspapers, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

It is already possible to complain about the accuracy of a story to the Independent Press Standards Organisation. You can find out more about their work here:

https://www.ipso.co.uk/

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking the UK Government and Parliament to require newspapers to be impartial in their reporting, if that's what you'd like to happen.

You might also like to sign this petition on corrections:

Make newspapers print retractions the same font, size and page as the original

Timeline

10 Feb 2019	Petition opened for signatures
19 Feb 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Feb 2019

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