'Black Sky' event will leave Brits facing grim reality when going to the toilet

The Daily Star reports government guidance on keeping clean and using the toilet if a national power cut, a 'Black Sky' event, knocks out the sewage system, quoting the advice at length. Its headline says the event 'will' leave Britons facing a grim reality, while the body says only that people 'may' have to adapt and that the sewage system would 'likely, in part' fail. Beyond that small overstatement, nothing in the piece misleads.

1. Headline goes beyond the article

   Minor

   “will leave Brits facing grim reality”

   Why this matters

   The headline uses 'will leave Brits facing grim reality', a flat statement of what will happen.

   The impression it gives

   A reader takes it that the toilet problems are a certain outcome of such an event.

   The context

   The body is conditional throughout. Britons 'may have to get rather practical', and a power cut would 'likely, in part' knock out the sewage system. The same reporter's version in the Daily Express says the event 'could' leave Britons facing a bleak reality.

   How we know

   • Elsewhere in the article“they may have to get rather practical”
   • Elsewhere in the article“would also likely, in part, knock out the sewage system”
   • Daily Express reported“could leave Britons facing bleak reality when using the toilet”'Black Sky' event could leave Britons facing bleak reality when using the toilet (opens in a new tab)

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