GB News reports a Tory MP's push for a cousin marriage ban and his complaint that the Burnham government has not backed it. In its standfirst GB News states as fact that Burnham failed to meet Dr Evans, though the body gives this only as the MP's account to GB News.
Headline goes beyond the article
Minor
“Andy Burnham failed to meet Dr Luke Evans to discuss the health consequences of cousin marriages”
Why this matters
In the standfirst GB News states in its own voice that Burnham failed to meet Dr Evans.
The impression it gives
A reader takes it as established that Burnham refused a meeting.
The context
The body presents this as Dr Evans's account, given to GB News. The article carries no response from Downing Street on the meeting.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“the Tory MP fighting to outlaw the practice has told GB News”