Over the years, we have been subjected to an unbelievable diet of lies about the EU...

[EdwinH]

The UK press has put out so many false stories about the EU, EU institutions, the way the EU passes laws, etc. that the European Commission has had to create a dedicated blog just to debunk them.
blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/

From 1992 to 2017, they "busted" 682 different false stories about the EU. That's a quite eye-watering number. Can you imagine the effort of having staff go through and painstakingly rebutt 682 different lies? Unbelievably diligent.

It looks like they gave up trying to stem the tide towards the end of 2017, presumably because as the Brexit arguments grew more and more heated, the tide of nonsense became an unstoppable avalanche.

Still, it's "educational" to dip into the list at the link above, and see just how persistently our press has slung mud at the EU. Shocking stuff. And it's only the big stuff, from the main news outlets. Plenty of stuff slips by at a local level that they've not addressed.

I'd forgotten the US dyed its cheddar with annatto.

Mind you, the UK does the same to come up with Red Leicester.

Oi. How very dare you. Good Red Leicester is really nice.

The biggest lie of all is on its way. No deal is the EU's fault.

There is also a lack of education and understanding of the EU in the UK. As far as I am aware there is very little teaching in school about how the EU works and the benefits which is not the case in other EU countries. Every time the EU is mentioned in the media in the UK it is almost certainly negative. If negativity is all people hear, is it any wonder they take this stuff at face value.

To be honest, I knew very little about the EU before the ref although I voted to remain. I have read an awful lot since though.

My parents knowledge of the EU was solely from the Daily Mail. They voted leave.

There needs to be stricter laws on what they can print. Lies for political gain (or any lies) should not be possible.