GB News reports Andy Burnham's comments on a new EU deal fairly in the body. But its headline puts words in quotation marks that he did not say, and it turns a Lords committee's conditional estimate into a certainty. The page's own voice ties Ed Miliband to a convicted rapist with nothing to back the tie, calls asylum accommodation an "illegal migrant camp", and ends the Brexit reset item on an unanswered Tory claim about Labour's motive.
Guilt by association
Minor
“Ed Miliband FINALLY responds to Russell Brand rape conviction after cosying up to disgraced comedian”
Why this matters
In its own voice GB News says Ed Miliband was "cosying up to" Russell Brand and links him by name to a rape conviction.
The impression it gives
That Ed Miliband had a close relationship with a man convicted of rape and owed an answer for it.
The context
Nothing on the page says what Miliband's contact with Brand was, when it happened or how close it was. The page backs the tie with nothing.
Headline goes beyond the article
Minor
“'what voters wanted in 2016'”
Why this matters
The headline puts the words 'what voters wanted in 2016' in quotation marks as Burnham's.
The impression it gives
That Burnham said those exact words.
The context
Burnham's quoted words were "more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for in 2016". That phrasing is about what people believed they were voting for. Nobody in the article says 'what voters wanted in 2016'.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for in 2016”
“Britain will adopt new EU regulation every 12 hours”
Why this matters
GB News writes "will adopt new EU regulation every 12 hours" as a certainty covering the whole reset.
The impression it gives
That the deal is certain to impose a new EU regulation on Britain twice a day across the board.
The context
The article's own account of the committee says a farming deal alone "could result in" at least 780 pieces of "in-scope EU law" a year. That is a conditional estimate for one deal, not a certain count of new regulations.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“A deal on farming alone could result in at least 780 pieces of in-scope EU law every year”
Uses a loaded word
Minor
“approves illegal migrant camp”
Why this matters
In its own voice GB News calls the Piddington site an "illegal migrant camp".
The impression it gives
That the people to be housed there are illegal migrants.
The context
The article's own report describes the site as asylum accommodation, and the Lib Dem MP it quotes calls it a site for asylum seekers. Nothing on the page shows the people housed there are illegal.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“approving plans for the Piddington asylum accommodation”
Elsewhere in the article“chosen for asylum seeker accommodation”
Gives a contested claim the last word
Minor
“all because Labour are obsessed with rejoining the EU”
Why this matters
GB News closes the Lords committee item on Mark Francois's claim about Labour's motive, followed only by another Tory critic, with no response from the government.
The impression it gives
That rejoining the EU is the government's settled aim behind the reset.
The context
Other coverage of the same day reports that Burnham insisted voters would be "the boss" of any changes. GB News sets nothing against the claim.