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13 August 2018updated 23 Jul 2021 11:55am

Skwawkbox, Jeremy Corbyn’s wreath, and the mystery of vanishing online stories

How digital news outlets deal with inaccurate stories and corrections is eroding public trust in the media.

By Anoosh Chakelian

Readers of the alternative left-wing site the Skwawkbox may be struggling to keep up with a developing political story this week, after a number of its posts on one particular subject were temporarily unavailable.

The website, which is known for its fierce defence of Jeremy Corbyn against negative mainstream coverage, ran three pieces challenging the Daily Mail’s Saturday splash suggesting the Labour leader laid a wreath for terrorists in 2014.

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