ITV News tonight

[gayhalo]

why isn’t everyone up in arms about their piece on banning vaping on 6 o’clock news today.
Same old stuff about the USA and other countries banning but not a word that the deaths were not from vaping over the counter juice.
They know all about this but choose to make it sound like all vaping could kill you.

 

[Rossum]

why isn’t everyone up in arms about their piece on banning vaping on 6 o’clock news today.

Because it's British and most people here have never heard of ITV?

Same old stuff about the USA and other countries banning

Including some outright lies:

Only one US state has banned sales of all vapor products and that's a temporary ban that expires in January.

They know all about this but choose to make it sound like all vaping could kill you.

Well, indeed, it could. So could a bee sting, but it's pretty unlikely. And the risk depends a lot on what one is vaping. Personally, as someone who only vapes nicotine liquids that I mix myself, I'm not terribly concerned, especially since smoking really was (slowly) killing me.

 

[sonicbomb]

Because the US is facing actual prohibition legislature, as well as negative and untruthful media spew.
Rossum, just because it's not American doesn't mean that a quick google cannot reveal it's meaning. Incidentally it would be very interesting to know the breakdown of ECF users nationality.
@classwife is this data something that one of the admins could pull off the backend of the site and publish?

 

[kates]

I didn't see this. Hopefully you have complained @gayhalo ? I did put a complaint in to the BBC on their news. coverage early on (they haven't had anything since but if they do and it isn't correct I shall complain again). I have also complained to a number of UK newspapers about their articles. It may not stop it - but at the least we can try to keep them accountable (and honest!) With the BBC you need the time comments were made / item was presented and name of programme or else they can't look at compaint, not sure about ITV - probably a good idea to keep a pen handy when watching TV.

 

[classwife]

Incidentally it would be very interesting to know the breakdown of ECF users nationality.
@classwife is this data something that one of the admins could pull off the backend of the site and publish?

Sorry...it's not something that can be done as a location is not a mandatory thing

 

[sonicbomb]

Ok thanks anyway

 

[Rossum]

Sorry...it's not something that can be done as a location is not a mandatory thing

There's another way to determine location, but I understand management would not allow that data to be used.