Critics stated that both The Sun and Lord Kilbracken cherry-picked the results from one specific study while ignoring other data reports on HIV infection and not just AIDS infection, which the critics viewed as unethical politicisation of a medical issue. Lord Kilbracken himself criticised The Sun's editorial and the headline of its news story; he stated that while he thought that gay people were more at risk of developing AIDS it was still wrong to imply that no one else could catch the disease. The Press Council condemned The Sun for committing what it called a "gross distortion". The Sun later ran an apology, which they ran on Page 28. Journalist David Randall argued in the textbook The Universal Journalist that The Sun's story was one of the worst cases of journalistic malpractice in recent history, putting its own readers in harm's way. COUNT 5
QSN1 What did critics believe about The Sun and Lord Kilbracken's ideas on AIDS? ANS1 The Sun and Lord Kilbracken cherry-picked the results from one specific study while ignoring other data reports on HIV infection and not just AIDS infection QSN2 What did Lord Kilbracken think of The Sun's editorial? ANS2 Lord Kilbracken himself criticised The Sun's editorial and the headline of its news story QSN3 Who criticized The Sun for its reporting on AIDS and HIV? ANS3 The Press Council QSN4 What did David Randall say about the Sun's AIDS story? ANS4 The Sun's story was one of the worst cases of journalistic malpractice in recent history QSN5 In what textbook did David Randall write his opinion? ANS5 The Universal Journalist