So there we have it. The front page lead on @thetimes of London (prop: R Murdoch, ed: J Witherow) is once again a load of tendentious nonsense and the foreign minister of a European country discovers to her dismay just how low the paper has sunk. 1/5
https://twitter.com/xhacka_olta/status/1461262182193283077
The Albanian ambassador tells @guardian that he told @thetimes 'at least 10 times' yesterday that its story was groundless, but Witherow & Co went ahead and published anyway, on the basis that 'Albanian officials did not deny unofficial talks'. 2/5 theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/n…
As a member of @IpsoNews the Times subscribes to a code of practice whose very first clause states: 'The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information.' Yet even across the top of their front page they make a mockery of the truth. 3/5
A press puppet, IPSO will do nothing that might make a difference, though @thetimes has a shocking record of front-page lies. Remember 'Christian child forced into Muslim foster care'? A compendium of falsehoods. IPSO did nothing then either. 4/5 bylinetimes.com/2019/06/26/the…
Albania's foreign minister, who 'always admired the quality of British media', is sad. She should look at this EBU trust table, based on polls in 33 countries. The UK is way down the rankings (below Albania) – & this was its best showing in a decade. It's usually last. 5/5 
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