Well, well, well. I wonder how many people will see this correction compared to the actual article.
socratic-meth on
> Further, the ‘1 in 12’ figure included some legal migrants, for instance those given indefinite leave to remain and some British-born children of migrants with irregular status.
Total bollocks then, just like everything else they print,
nauett on
Bets that they knew full well those figures were wrong, but the correction will attract far less attention and the narrative is now out there
DarthKrataa on
This should be on their front page and at the top of the website.
corbynista2029 on
7 days ago, the original [thread](https://redd.it/1i7mhu0) with title “One in 12 in London is an illegal immigrant” got 1.8k upvotes.
In reality, they missed London’s population by 2 million and the ‘1 in 12’ figure included some legal migrants, for instance those given indefinite leave to remain and some British-born children of migrants with irregular status. I wonder how many people who upvoted the article is unknowingly counted as an “illegal migrant”.
We need to do something about the Telegraph/Daily Mail/GB News on this sub.
FoodEnvironmental368 on
Shock.
Red top shit rag prints lies.
Can’t wait till this cancer of a print media group dies
GoingMenthol on
For those who don’t want to open a link from The Sun
>A 23 Jan article said that Thames Water figures ‘show’ that one in 12 Londoners are illegal migrants.
>In fact the figures cover only 7 million people, not the full 9 million London population.
>Further, the ‘1 in 12’ figure included some legal migrants, for instance those given indefinite leave to remain and some British-born children of migrants with irregular status.
I’m sure the Sun has hidden that WELL beyond most people’s feeds.
Curious, what is the actual number? Curious how wrong they were
Impressive_Rub428 on
so what? 1 in 14? 1 in 20? Mass immigration illegal or otherwise is an absolute catastrophe and is the single biggest issue facing our country wight now
vengarlof on
I mean, I totally agree that a lot less people will see this article compared with the original, but you have to appreciate the fact that they did publish a correction
fatguy19 on
There should be fines for spreading misinformation, would hopefully make them reconsider publishing bullshit
baked-stonewater on
They also don’t actually correct the number so they just leave it hanging as ‘we said 1 in 12’ it might be different.
brigadier_tc on
Mods, can this get a pin? It’s important that shit like this is seen as much as possible
NixKTM on
I know the majority on here love hating on the Sun newspaper.
But even though they lied about the 1 in 12 being all illegals, the fact that 1 in 12 are migrants of some type should still be deeply worrying.
quarky_uk on
Still worthless. Anything like this with “up to” doesn’t have much value.
Only_Quote_Simpsons on
I honestly fucking hate the tabloids in this country.
MurderMouse999 on
This is just for legal purposes. The highly educated non inbred people who worship the sun rag who have seen the incorrect article have already solidified it into their knowledge bank. This correction won’t be ready by them or cared
LOTDT on
>A 23 Jan article said that Thames Water figures ‘show’ that one in 12 Londoners are illegal migrants.
>In fact the figures cover only 7 million people, not the full 9 million London population.
>Further, the ‘1 in 12’ figure included some legal migrants, for instance those given indefinite leave to remain and some British-born children of migrants with irregular status
Lord-Termi on
I’m the original poster.
I’ve read the correction and agree the original article is factually incorrect. I’m happy to make an edit to the original post, which was posted in good faith. However, I am receiving a stream of abusive direct messages and suicide alerts which I think is totally out of order and unacceptable. If you send me abusive messages or suicide alerts I will report and block straight away. Thanks.
Yes, the original article is wrong. I don’t that justifies messages to me telling myself to cut my wrists.
ShedUpperSpark on
Surprised they didn’t say the other 2 million are illegals anyway. How would a water company even know
Quinn-Helle on
The complete lack of due diligence from them (and others that reported the same) is honestly shite.
That having been said the additional details could completely skew the figures either which way.
Would be good if our government was keeping tabs on this and remaining transparent with the taxpayer.
That information should be pushed out.
Again, the absence of information will cause misinformation to fester, like surrounding the Southport murders.
---o0O on
Fuck the sun, and fuck Rupert Murdoch and his spawn
swampyjim on
I never read the original article but either way, it’s still a lot of illegal migrants.
LoccyDaBorg on
I’ve always said, when a newspaper is compelled to print a retraction or correction, said retraction should be legally required to be on the same page as the original article and occupy the same amount of space as the original article. Let’s throw in a minimim font size as well to stop the “large white space with miniscule text factor”.
DLRsFrontSeats on
Lets see if the thousands of people that upvoted the previous article that was slopped into their feed bags will have anything to say about this correction
sittingonatable637 on
Pay to reject cookies?! What cursed design is this?!
Travel-Barry on
Yet you still need to “pay to reject” the cookies on this one.
Twats.
According_Parfait680 on
Well, well, well, a right wing shit rag feeds lies and bullshit about immigration to the frothing masses, who’d have thunk it?
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Well, well, well. I wonder how many people will see this correction compared to the actual article.
> Further, the ‘1 in 12’ figure included some legal migrants, for instance those given indefinite leave to remain and some British-born children of migrants with irregular status.
Total bollocks then, just like everything else they print,
Bets that they knew full well those figures were wrong, but the correction will attract far less attention and the narrative is now out there
This should be on their front page and at the top of the website.
7 days ago, the original [thread](https://redd.it/1i7mhu0) with title “One in 12 in London is an illegal immigrant” got 1.8k upvotes.
In reality, they missed London’s population by 2 million and the ‘1 in 12’ figure included some legal migrants, for instance those given indefinite leave to remain and some British-born children of migrants with irregular status. I wonder how many people who upvoted the article is unknowingly counted as an “illegal migrant”.
We need to do something about the Telegraph/Daily Mail/GB News on this sub.
Shock.
Red top shit rag prints lies.
Can’t wait till this cancer of a print media group dies
For those who don’t want to open a link from The Sun
>A 23 Jan article said that Thames Water figures ‘show’ that one in 12 Londoners are illegal migrants.
>In fact the figures cover only 7 million people, not the full 9 million London population.
>Further, the ‘1 in 12’ figure included some legal migrants, for instance those given indefinite leave to remain and some British-born children of migrants with irregular status.
Edit: [Wayback Machine link](https://web.archive.org/web/20250130105614/https://www.thesun.co.uk/clarifications/33054976/illegal-migrants-a-correction/) too
[https://archive.is/zBPfn](https://archive.is/zBPfn)
I’m sure the Sun has hidden that WELL beyond most people’s feeds.
Curious, what is the actual number? Curious how wrong they were
so what? 1 in 14? 1 in 20? Mass immigration illegal or otherwise is an absolute catastrophe and is the single biggest issue facing our country wight now
I mean, I totally agree that a lot less people will see this article compared with the original, but you have to appreciate the fact that they did publish a correction
There should be fines for spreading misinformation, would hopefully make them reconsider publishing bullshit
They also don’t actually correct the number so they just leave it hanging as ‘we said 1 in 12’ it might be different.
Mods, can this get a pin? It’s important that shit like this is seen as much as possible
I know the majority on here love hating on the Sun newspaper.
But even though they lied about the 1 in 12 being all illegals, the fact that 1 in 12 are migrants of some type should still be deeply worrying.
Still worthless. Anything like this with “up to” doesn’t have much value.
I honestly fucking hate the tabloids in this country.
This is just for legal purposes. The highly educated non inbred people who worship the sun rag who have seen the incorrect article have already solidified it into their knowledge bank. This correction won’t be ready by them or cared
>A 23 Jan article said that Thames Water figures ‘show’ that one in 12 Londoners are illegal migrants.
>In fact the figures cover only 7 million people, not the full 9 million London population.
>Further, the ‘1 in 12’ figure included some legal migrants, for instance those given indefinite leave to remain and some British-born children of migrants with irregular status
I’m the original poster.
I’ve read the correction and agree the original article is factually incorrect. I’m happy to make an edit to the original post, which was posted in good faith. However, I am receiving a stream of abusive direct messages and suicide alerts which I think is totally out of order and unacceptable. If you send me abusive messages or suicide alerts I will report and block straight away. Thanks.
Yes, the original article is wrong. I don’t that justifies messages to me telling myself to cut my wrists.
Surprised they didn’t say the other 2 million are illegals anyway. How would a water company even know
The complete lack of due diligence from them (and others that reported the same) is honestly shite.
That having been said the additional details could completely skew the figures either which way.
Would be good if our government was keeping tabs on this and remaining transparent with the taxpayer.
That information should be pushed out.
Again, the absence of information will cause misinformation to fester, like surrounding the Southport murders.
Fuck the sun, and fuck Rupert Murdoch and his spawn
I never read the original article but either way, it’s still a lot of illegal migrants.
I’ve always said, when a newspaper is compelled to print a retraction or correction, said retraction should be legally required to be on the same page as the original article and occupy the same amount of space as the original article. Let’s throw in a minimim font size as well to stop the “large white space with miniscule text factor”.
Lets see if the thousands of people that upvoted the previous article that was slopped into their feed bags will have anything to say about this correction
Pay to reject cookies?! What cursed design is this?!
Yet you still need to “pay to reject” the cookies on this one.
Twats.
Well, well, well, a right wing shit rag feeds lies and bullshit about immigration to the frothing masses, who’d have thunk it?