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Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · 20d

Delighted to welcome Tami Hoffman, Director of Public Policy @theguardian.com to our stellar panel @georginalee.bsky.social FactCheck & Data News Editor @channel4news.bsky.social, Dr Manny Ahmed Founder & CEO @openorigins.bsky.social.

Join us at The Frontline Club, London, Tues 23 Sept at 7pm.

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Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · 22d

An expert panel discussion is coming to the home of independent journalism in London, @frontlineclub inc @georginalee.bsky.social 🤩

Tuesday 23 Sept, 7pm.

Get your tickets here 🔗https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discussion-tackling-fake-news-misinformation-tickets-1517411501649?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · 27d

Let me guess, the effect size was even greater among girls who played polo on their own horses

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · 28d

I’m looking forward to talking all things misinformation with @rorypecktrust.bsky.social at the Frontline Club on 23 September!

Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · 28d

A stellar panel inc Emmy-winning journalist Jon Williams (also our Director)😃, Dr Manny Ahmed from @OpenOrigins & Channel 4 News' Georgina Lee will be discussing how to tackle Misinformation and Fake News @frontlineclub on September 23rd.

Book your ticket asap! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

Panel Discussion: Tackling Fake News & Misinformation

False and misleading information divides societies and threatens our well-being.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Jul 16

No stone-throwing for this guy

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · May 14

And you can watch Channel 4 News' other BAFTA-nominated coverage by my incredible colleagues, Inside Sednaya - The Fall of Assad, here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDHB...

Syria: Inside Sednaya prison

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

www.youtube.com

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · May 14

You can watch our BAFTA-nominated coverage, Undercover Inside Reform's Campaign, here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmkM...

Undercover Inside Reform’s Campaign - evidence of homophobia and canvasser's racism

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

www.youtube.com

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · May 14

✨Career highlight✨

I was lucky enough to attend this year’s BAFTAs on Sunday, cheering on TWO nominations for @channel4news.bsky.social — including one for a story I worked on: Undercover Inside Reform’s Campaign.

No home win on this occasion but an incredible night with fantastic colleagues.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Apr 30

We've FactCheck-ed Donald Trump's progress on 65 campaign pledges. Of those, we find he:

✔️Has delivered or is on track to keep 30 promises

✖️Is off track or has taken no meaningful action on 17

The rest are just too early to judge.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Apr 30

How many election promises has Donald Trump kept in his first 100 days?

You can find out at our new web platform, launching today: TrumpTracker.

There you'll hear him make his pledges and read verdicts on his progress against each one from the FactCheck team.

channel4.com/trump

TrumpTracker: What Donald Trump promised in 2024, and what he’s done so far

Donald Trump made dozens of promises in the 2024 election campaign. So, how much has he achieved — or not — so far in his second term?

channel4.com

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Mar 27

Very exciting that a story I worked on - Undercover Inside Reform's Campaign - has been nominated for a BAFTA. And with two of three nominations going to @channel4news.bsky.social, fingers crossed for a home team win!

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Mar 20

You can find out what's happening in your local hospital with our brand new tool, NurseCheck. Head to: channel4.com/nursecheck

FactCheck reveals: England’s missing nurses

These are the secret NHS files you weren’t supposed to see.

channel4.com

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Mar 20

BREAKING: After a ten-month battle our FactCheck team has obtained NHS data revealing 1 in 3 of England's hospitals are missing at least 10% of their planned-for nurses across their wards.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Feb 25

That's fine, I can wait until twenty to nine
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Seven planets align in UK skies this week for last time until 2040

The best chance to see as many as possible will be after sunset on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Feb 6

I'm very pleased to be featured in this @reutersinstitute.bsky.social / @ox.ac.uk report by the BBC's Tom Edginton. We discussed the history of the Channel 4 News FactCheck team here at ITN, and the future of fact-checking.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Feb 6

The data also shows significant differences between male and female murder victims.

Men are more likely than women to be the victim of homicide.

Men are more likely to be killed by a friend or acquaintance.

Women are much more likely to be killed by a partner or ex.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Feb 6

The same data shows that black people are four times more likely than white people to be victims of murder.

Of the black people killed last year, more than a third were aged just 16 to 24 at the time of their death.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Feb 6

New data from the Office for National Statistics tells us about murder victims and perpetrators.

Perhaps the most shocking finding is that babies under 1 year are the single age group most at risk of homicide.

These horrific crimes happen to 20 in every million babies.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Jan 27

That's the million dollar question... and they didn't ask it!

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Jan 27

More than half of British men say they could fully or partially explain what crypto is - compared to only a 35% of women.

[Data was released a few days ago by the ONS]

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Jan 16

All findings are based on the latest release from the Scottish Health Survey 2022, published today. Age group data is from a sample of 2,782 adults. Income data from 465 adults. Health conditions from 1,262 adults. All samples were weighted to reflect wider population.
www.gov.scot/publications...

Scottish Health Survey 2022: supplementary tables

The supplementary tables provide breakdowns of a range of indicators from the Scottish Health Survey by age group, deprivation, income and presence of long-term conditions.

www.gov.scot

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Jan 16

5. Across all age groups (aged 16+), women are 39% more likely than men to be providing unpaid care.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Jan 16

4. Nearly 30% of women aged 55 to 64 are providing unpaid care. Women in this demographic are nearly 50% more likely to be carers than their male peers.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Jan 16

3. Women are more likely than men to be unpaid carers - even if they have long term health conditions themselves.

Most striking is that among people with a 'non-limiting long-term condition', women were more than twice as likely as men to be carers.

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Georgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · Jan 16

2. Women in all income quintiles are more likely than their male equivalents to be providing unpaid care.

Biggest disparity is among people earning £39-£59k, the second-richest group, where women are 54% more likely to be carers than men.

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