Steve Nowottny
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Journalist. Editor @FullFact, before that news editor @MoneySavingExp and editor @pulsetoday, but all views my own...
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Joined September 2009
Lots of inaccurate and misleading claims about asylum hotel numbers flying around this week. A useful summary of those claims (one of which has been promptly corrected) and what the numbers really show here👇.
fullfact.org
In recent days we’ve seen a number of inaccurate and misleading claims about Labour’s record on closing asylum hotels.
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RT @a_brocklehurst: Today’s data on the number of asylum seekers in hotel accommodation added to our Government Tracker 👇.
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Google Lens is a useful tool - but worryingly, a new @FullFact investigation has found its AI overviews have been giving users false and misleading information about certain images shared widely on social media. Important story here from @townend_evie 👇.
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RT @FullFact: We’re grateful to @campbellclaret for this prompt correction. Our liveblog has more details on how the number of hotels bein….
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Former Downing Street communications director and host of The Rest Is Politics podcast Alastair Campbell has corrected a claim he made about Labour’s record on closing so-called ‘asylum hotels’,...
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NEW: What progress has Labour made on its promise to scrap "effective immunity for some shoplifting"?. We've just added a new pledge page to our Government Tracker (pledge #70. ) 👇.
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Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s promise to end ‘immunity’ for some types of shoplifting.
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RT @FullFact: Earlier today government minister @AlexDaviesJones claimed “we’ve already brought the number of asylum hotels down from 400 a….
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A government minister said 200 hotels have been closed since peak usage under the Conservatives, but most of this decrease took place under the previous government.
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Back at work after almost three weeks off, which is a lot of internet to catch up on. What have I missed?.
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RT @FullFact: We’re now rating Labour’s promise to build 1.5 million homes by the next election as “appears off track”. The government esti….
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Full Fact looks at the Labour manifesto’s commitment on housing.
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Are ‘Channel migrants’ 24 times more likely to go to prison than British citizens?. Frustratingly we still don’t have full details of how the Conservatives calculated that figure - but based on the details reported it’s not reliable. Here’s why 👇.
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The Conservatives haven’t fully explained the calculations behind this claim, but based on the details reported it is not reliable.
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"For the best examination of how well or badly Labour’s first year has really gone, look at Full Fact’s thorough analysis of 62 manifesto pledges". Kind mention from @pollytoynbee here in the Guardian of our Government Tracker .
theguardian.com
No more plans for mean, unpopular cuts. Instead, explain why taxes must rise – and be clear about the good that will do, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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RT @FullFact: At #PMQs today, @Keir_Starmer said: “I am proud that this Labour government has delivered four million extra [NHS] appointmen….
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RT @FullFact: Dozens of Labour MPs are reportedly threatening to vote against the government’s welfare bill this evening. But what happen….
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RT @FullFact: During breaking news events like the recent Israel-Iran conflict, AI-generated images and videos can spread rapidly across so….
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RT @FullFact: Posts shared widely on social media last week falsely claimed a video of the PM visiting a home in Staffordshire was staged w….
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This is a big deal. and not ideal.
Google has announced that it is de-prioritising fact checks. This means reliable fact checks from credible organisations might get buried deeper in your search results. Our blog on this:
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Did not know this about the 1950 World Cup… (From The Times)
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Some quite dramatic footage coming out of Manchester city centre this afternoon.
BREAKING 🚨 Huge fire in Manchester city centre right now - historic Hotspur Press is ablaze with major disruption to trains out of Oxford Road #manchester #mcr
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Why does health misinformation really matter? And how does it affect patients, and doctors, day to day?. @FullFact asked Laura, a consultant cardiologist, to tell John’s story….
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Lots of AI-generated and mislabelled footage going viral this week as the Israel-Iran conflict continues. @FullFact's round-up for PA Media covers claims we've seen spreading on social media - and cuts through some inflation confusion 👇.
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
This roundup of claims has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad informat...
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RT @FullFact: New inflation figures out today show inflation in May was 3.4%. But why have some reports said that’s the same as in April, a….
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New figures show inflation in May was 3.4%—but an error with the figures for April has resulted in a few conflicting news reports this morning.
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