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Making a meal of a myth
By Nick Medic
This article was first published in Satisfaction Guaranteed? (June 2004)
An investigation by the MediaWise RAM Project revealed that key claims in a story on the front page of The Sun could not be substantiated.
'Swan Bake' (4 July 2003) falsely claimed asylum seekers were caught 'barbecuing a duck' with '2 swans for roasting' in a London park.
Nick Medic was among a group of refugees who complained to the Press Complaints Commission about the story. Here he tells the problems he had trying to get a satisfactory response from both The Sun and the PCC.
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