Colourful EU-related lies

IN Media Watch Briefs | 23/06/2016

As Britain votes in the EU Referendum,  the British media’s role in influencing the debate merits a glance. The Economist of June 22 has a graphic based on the EC’s website on countering disinformation published by the  British press since the 1990s. It says over 400 colourful myths have been responded to. The Daily Mail apparently spreads more EU-linked lies than others, but the Daily Telegraph and the BBC ( and many others) have also contributed.