Lazy Newspaper Reporting of the Year Award

[Matt Gluggles]

If you thought that the Daily Mail article from a few months ago was bad,

If you thought that it just could not get any worse ......


Think again.

The Lancashire Evening Post has got to the very depths of bad reporting on e-cigarettes.

www.lep.co.uk/news/health/local/electronic-cigarettes-fears-1-5642830

The article, in which the reporter has done no research whatsoever, tells the story of a Taxi Driver who switched from smoking to e-cigs and developed gum problems (a normal symptom of stopping smoking cigarettes - described on the NHS website).

He blamed his gum problems on the e-cig and even said that his Dentist recommended smoking rather than using an e-cig.

The newspaper reporter rushed out the 'warning' article after spending 0.00 seconds doing any research. - remember, according to the LEP, the next time you want health advice, speak to a Taxi Driver, not any of the academics.

[ausfost]

at least they have a handy link to the Press Complaints Commission at the bottom of their page

[Jen]

My dad lives in Preston, his dentist once gave him lockjaw - I wonder if it's the same one as in the article?