A clanger in Friday's Daily Express:
"Cows are being given luxury beds to sleep on in the hope it will make them more productive. Farmers in Norway are forced under a new law to give their cows £80 mattresses. The idea, promoted by the EU, is to stimulate the animals to produce up to 10 per cent more milk."It's good to know at least someone at the Express is still in touch with the old school of euromyths, namely the 'gloriously silly fantasy' variety (as opposed to the new-style 'pernicious eurosceptic invention' variety).
Needless to say, no EU law requires cows to be given mattresses, and even if it did, this could not affect Norway as it's not an EU member. Sigh.
Labels: Euromyths, mediawatch


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