Press
Among Britain's main national newspapers, those that take a broadly Eurosceptic line are the Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and The Times, as well as their respective Sunday sister publications. These newspapers tend to oppose further European integration and have called for ratification of the Lisbon Treaty to be subject to a referendum. In November 2010, the Daily Express became the first British newspaper to formally call for withdrawal from the EU.
The Daily Telegraph and The Times are widely seen as belonging to the "quality press". On the other hand, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail are seen as regularly fabricating false stories which present the EU in a bad light. The former withdrew from the PCC's self-regulatory system in early 2011.
The hard-left daily The Morning Star takes an international-Marxist Eurosceptic position. Under the editorship of Mark Seddon, Tribune, the journal of the Labour Movement, tended to give space to Eurosceptic contributors, including controversially Marc Glendening of the Democracy Movement. This position was defended by other centre-left Eurosceptics who also spoke on platforms with the Democracy Movement.
The European Union has accused the British Press of circulating inaccurate stories which it calls "Euromyths". Although they usually have a grain of truth in them, they often arise from misunderstandings or when the actions of a different European organisation, such as the Council of Europe, are erroneously attributed to the EU.
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