Johns Hopkins apologizes after retracting article claiming covid has not caused excess deaths  

Just how dire the coronavirus death toll is in the U.S. has been the subject of much debate – and Johns Hopkins University’s student newspaper found itself at the heart of the controversy last week.   The university’s News-Letter published an article that claimed there is ‘no evidence that COVID-19 created any excess deaths on November … Read more

Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of ‘censorship’ over article warning

Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of censorship for branding their article on whether masks work ‘false information’ Two Oxford scientists reviewed new study on the effectiveness of face masks  Danmask-19 study was highly anticipated as it was a randomised controlled trial  But Facebook put a warning on the link taking viewers to the 694-word article  … Read more

Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of ‘censorship’ over article warning

Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of censorship for branding their article on whether masks work ‘false information’ Two Oxford scientists reviewed new study on the effectiveness of face masks  Danmask-19 study was highly anticipated as it was a randomised controlled trial  But Facebook put a warning on the link taking viewers to the 694-word article  … Read more

Sylvia Jeffreys tears Woman’s Day article to shreds live on Today Extra

Sylvia Jeffreys tears Woman’s Day to shreds live on Today Extra after the magazine claimed her husband Peter Stefanovic was ‘at war’ with his older brother Karl By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:21 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 03:31 GMT, 17 November 2020 Sylvia Jeffreys has slammed a tabloid magazine for … Read more

Tom Hollander’s ‘life in the day’ article goes viral

‘It’s an antidote to the tedious bull***t from healthy living warriors’: Tom Hollander’s ‘life in the day’ article goes viral as he discusses peeing in the dark, sleeping pills and masturbation By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 10:35 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 10:37 BST, 5 October 2020 BAFTA-award winning actor Tom Hollander contributed … Read more

‘I have no desire to wipe out humans’: AI writes article for The Guardian

‘I have no desire to wipe out humans’: Artificial intelligence system writes an essay for The Guardian to convince readers that robots will NOT destroy our species A robot called GPT-3 wrote an article for The Guardian on artificial intelligence  Task of the essay was to convince human readers they are safe from robots  End … Read more

Rachel Riley and Tracy Ann Oberman drop lawsuit against barrister who re-tweeted blogger’s article

Rachel Riley and Tracy-Ann Oberman drop lawsuit against barrister who re-tweeted blogger’s ‘defamatory’ article claiming they had ‘harassed’ 16-year-old Labour-supporting girl The Countdown presenter and former EastEnders star had started legal action They were suing ‘Buddhist Barrister’ Jane Heybroek over blog retweet in court Pair’s case looked strong after judge said blog could be considered … Read more

Meghan Markle names the five friends behind People article

The Duchess of Sussex has identified the five close friends who gave an interview to People magazine criticising her father – but denies she authorised them to do it in the latest bombshell documents released as part of her High Court battle against the Press.  Meghan Markle is suing MailOnline’s owner Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) … Read more

Kate and William to sue Tatler over ‘cruel, sexist and woman-shaming’ article

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are understood to be taking legal action against society bible Tatler magazine after it published a ‘string of lies’ about Kate. In a highly unusual move, the couple have sent legal letters to the magazine demanding its profile of the Duchess – headlined ‘Catherine the Great’ – be removed … Read more

Government furiously hits back at article claiming they dragged their feet over coronavirus response

Downing Street has hit back at newspaper reports that Boris Johnson and his administration dragged their feet in the run-up to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Number 10 accused the Sunday Times of ‘falsehoods’ and ‘errors’ after the newspaper published a piece in which a Whitehall source claimed the Government ‘missed the boat on … Read more