What does Media Lens actually do?
We undertake media monitoring covering both broadsheet press coverage and terrestrial broadcasting in the UK. Regular, free email alerts inform Media Lens subscribers of mainstream news stories to which they might like to respond. These alerts explain why a particular news story, comment piece or programme is guilty of bias, omission and/or distortion. We provide tightly-argued rebuttals and/or an alternative perspective, as far as possible providing references (e.g. reports from respected non-governmental organisations, the United Nations and others) to allow readers to make up their own minds. At the end of each media alert, we include a suggested action where we typically provide contact details of editors and journalists involved in a particular news story or comment piece. We encourage readers to challenge directly the relevant media personnel. We strongly urge people to adopt a polite tone at all times. Any kind of abuse or personal attack is strongly discouraged. Media alerts ar
