Daily Telegraph rapped for accusing welfare council of helping claimants to ‘con’ doctors
The Daily Telegraph has been rapped by The Press Council for implying the National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN) was involved in a system to “con” doctors into giving disability support to claimants.
The NWRN complained to the watchdog after the Telegraph ran a series of stories last September in print and online which claimed website forums were being used to share information on how to “bludge”.
The stories contained quotes from the websites and named the NWRN as one of four groups which ran forums where such information was being shared.
In a story headlined: “It’s so easy to fudge a bludge: Online guides used to con doctors into giving out disability support pensions”, the Telegraph also said the sites “provide form letters to slip to doctors”.
Was the Tele also rapped by the grammar police for using its instead of it’s in its headline?
You don’t get to be the least trusted newspaper in the country year after year for nothing.