UK Politics @feddit.uk Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca 2d ago

The British press lied so much about the EU they decided to archive them all

www.thelondoneconomic.com The British press lied so much about the EU they decided to archive them all

The London Economic - One Euromyth published by The Sun in 2006 claimed "nutty" EU officials wanted to rename Bombay mix to Mumbai mix “to make the snack politically correct" - News

Europe @feddit.org Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca 2d ago

www.thelondoneconomic.com /news/the-british-press-lied-so-much-about-the-eu-they-decided-to-archive-them-all-199280/

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Our redtops are basically insanepeoplefacebook put to print.
- Do you reckon people think that the stories in The Daily Sport/Sunday Sport are real?
  
  Take a look at the average British Ibiza-goer.
  
  We voted ourselves out of Europe.
  
  Absolutely yes, some people believe that kind of dribble.
  
  You mean to tell me there ISN'T a German bomber crashed on the moon!? s.
I couldn't immediately see a link to the actual EU archive in that article, for reference I think it is this one : https://wayback.archive-it.org/11980/20200131192225/https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/
Ffs, I remember how everyone in my country was talking about this banana shit, and how ridiculous and pointless the EU is for it... EU really needs some good media people.

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