Destroy the euromyth
There’s a great post over on David Rennie’s blog today where he gives an insight into how euromyths are developed. Rennie traces a story on bombay mix - apparently the EU Commission has plans to change the name to Mumbai mix- from a contact at the home office (probably overheard in the local pub) to a full blown story in the Sun. The journalist who wrote it (well got another reporter to write it for him) pretty much admits making it up.
EU Referendum destroyed a similar story with their usual finesse on minced meat products a few weeks ago.
It worries me that such stories are not challenge more often..and they certainly need to be. Half the people that read the story will approach it appropriately with cynicism, the other half will always believe everything they read. This rarely helps in adding anything to the debate over the future of the EU.