Find a recent newspaper report which raises human rights issues (e.g. police powers such as the use of stop and search, criminal sentencing, deportation of a non-UK national, free expression, right to a fair trial, right to respect for private and family life).

Seminar Preparation: Fake News
Human Rights and the Media

1. Find a recent newspaper report which raises human rights issues (e.g. police powers
   such as the use of stop and search, criminal sentencing, deportation of a non-UK
   national, free expression, right to a fair trial, right to respect for private and family
   life).
2. Summarise, and be prepared to discuss:
   a. What the facts were
   b. Why it engaged a human rights issue & which human right was engaged
   c. Any editorial position taken by the newspaper on the story (is an opinion
   expressed on the newspaper story?)
3. Try to locate another newspaper’s coverage of the same story. If the first story
   chosen was a ‘red top’ or ‘tabloid’ newspaper, try to select a ‘broadsheet’ second,
   and vice versa. Summarise the editorial position taken by this newspaper, noting any
   differences between the two.
4. Try to locate examples of social media coverage regarding the same story- are there
   any misconceptions, mistakes, or examples of one-sided or incomplete reporting?