BBC News Headline Writing
In The News, Media Watch, Politics Thursday, May 27th, 2010
According to the Beeb, ‘British citizenship tests: One in three immigrants fail’. Well, actually, no. One in three immigrants WHO TOOK THE TEST failed. That is very different to saying 1 in 3 of ALL immigrants failed the test as the Beeb headline implies. We’re not saying that’s intentional but an emotive subject such as […]