Misleading symptoms

Guardian coverage of Brexit today resumed its familiar form. Some gropup is complaining that Brexit will upset their plans, usually involving cheap labour from Europe to do low paid jobs. Not fruit pickers or au pairs this time,but the British Medical Association.

Under the rather dubious headline:

Brexit is bad for Britain’s health, doctors say 

there is a report of a motion carried at the BMA in support of the people's vote [ more Midnight's Children have evidently telepathed]. The mover 'said the EU was better for the NHS, public health, research, science, universities, access to pharmaceuticals and international cooperation in research'. There are 'severe problems in staff recruitment and retention.', 'cuts and closures as the NHS loses staff and struggles with budgets that are limited by the Brexit economic squeeze' argued another.

Strangely, el Gurandino did not investigate these claims, contest them or demand evidence. It might have been a kind of argument by authority, I suppose -- if doctors say it it must be right?

In another piece, we find the old techniques again. First a shouty headline:

Brexit: bank contracts worth trillions at risk, says finance watchdog 

then qualifications for those who wish to read on. However, the qualifications appeared this time in the subheading: 

The Bank of England warns EU officials that new rules must be devised for banks 

So there are some signs of improvement in the direction of  journalism: normally, the Graun would have just repeated the EU press release, but this time it is the Bank of England who goes first, and they are critical about EU delaying tactics, 'Brussels’ failure to implement protective legislation.'. There seem to be two sides to this argument!

EBA [EuropeanBanking Authority] officials said there was little preparation by the UK authorities and individual banks for life outside the EU...

[But -- and even more of a but, the Guardian reported that] The FPC [Bank of England's Finance Policy Committee] hit back, saying the Treasury was well advanced in its efforts to bridge the gap between banks in London and those on the continent, but Brussels had made little obvious effort to support its own financial institutions.