Fact checks and analysis on The Telegraph — covering mostly stories from the Daily Telegraph newspaper in the UK.
Health
The union representing resident doctors is not asking for an extra 29% on top of this year’s 5.4% pay rise, as the paper reported. The demand is for a 29% rise on last year’s pay. Read
Conflict
An image appearing to show the front page of the Daily Telegraph from 10 May is circulating online, but it’s not genuine and there are signs it was made with AI. Read
The screenshot, made to look like it has been published by the Telegraph, has been edited. No such article exists. Read
Health
A US study published in June was limited in scope, and experts say autism cannot be reversed, or cured. Read
Health
Contrary to claims in the Telegraph, benefits claims for under-18s with autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000 since Covid. Read
Health
The newspaper mistakenly referred to people having heart attacks when discussing access to public defibrillators. The devices should be used in cardiac arrests only—a different condition. Read
In 1997 he wrote ‘Nanny is confiscating their toys’ referring to gun owners following a handgun ban prompted by the Dunblane Massacre. Read
In a 1995 Spectator article, Boris Johnson wrote that ”blue collar” men are likely to be drunk, criminal, aimless, feckless and hopeless. Read
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