Coverage of Farage’s Crime Statement Across British Media

Nigel Farage held a press conference in Westminster on 21 July 2025, which was also published on YouTube by ITV News under the headline “Farage pledges to ‘halve crime in five years’ in law and order speech.” During the conference, he claimed that “The crime survey for England and Wales is based on completely false…

FALSE: “The crime survey for England and Wales is based on completely false data”

On July 21, 2025, Nigel Farage held a press conference in Westminster, which was also published on YouTube by ITV News under the headline “Farage pledges to ‘halve crime in five years’ in law and order speech.” Nigel Farage, of the Reform UK party, used his speech in this press conference to introduce his party’s plan…

Mostly true: Private jet users “emitting more than a small city in central Africa”

Do Private Jet users emit more CO₂ than a small city in Central Africa? On 7 November 2024, the BBC released a report analysing the environmental implications of private aviation by the ultra-rich and the disproportionate scale of its carbon footprint. In that report, Professor Stefan Gössling, from Sweden’s Linnaeus University, says that the emissions…

The Sky-High Divide: A Bottom Billion Perspective

When economist Paul Collier introduced the “Bottom Billion” theory, he described a vast population—mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa—trapped in systemic poverty, political instability, and chronic vulnerability. These communities have contributed almost nothing to the climate crisis, yet they are the most exposed to its consequences. Their carbon footprint remains negligible, often less than a fraction of…

Uncheckable: “We had 789 gang rapes in Germany last year”

Alice Weidel, chairwoman of the right wing party AfD, claimed 789 cases of gang rape for 2022 in an interview with the German newsmedia “Welt”, aiming to argue the necessity of a deportation initiative. After further investigation this statement, given after a session of the German Bundestag regarding migration on November 8th, 2023, turned out…

True: The Green Deal’s focus has shifted, with laws passing in weaker forms or failing

On 6 February 2024, rnd.de published the article „Europas großes Klimapaket: Wie grün ist die EU nach vier Jahren Green Deal?“ with statements by politician Jutta Paulus (Grüne/EFA) that the focus of the Commission’s Green Deal has shifted and that laws are only being passed through Parliament in a much weaker form or are failing…

UNCHECKABLE: “Apple unveils environmental progress, surpassing 60 percent reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions”

Apple marked Earth Day with a major emissions cut claim: On April 16, 2025, Apple Inc., the American multinational technology company, announced that it has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent since 2015 in celebration of Earth Day. This milestone is part of the company’s broader initiative to fully decarbonize its manufacturing and…

Border controls: How is the issue viewed in Germany and Poland?

We decided to analyse the German and Polish media to find out what the countries think about the temporarily reintroduced border controls at the German border with Poland. Border controls were introduced on 16 October 2023 and have since been extended until mid-June 2024. We analyzed various articles. In the German media, we used well-known…