{"id":5598,"date":"2026-05-13T12:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:06:01","slug":"sky-news-journalist-tells-viewers-starmer-photos-are-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5598","title":{"rendered":"Sky News journalist tells viewers Starmer photos are \u2018fake news\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8220;These are government propaganda photographs.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>There\u2019s been a furious reaction after Sky News journalist Sam Coates repeatedly described pictures of Keir Starmer as \u201cpropaganda\u201d and \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>After a day of calls for him to resign, Starmer carried out some prime ministerial duties as he visited a group of apprentices in London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Images were the released of the visit, in which Starmer could be seen laughing and smiling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Later in the day, Sky News showed these photos during their live broadcast from outside 10 Downing Street.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>But as the photos, taken by the Press Association, were shown on screen, Sky News\u2019 deputy political editor Sam Coates went on a bizarre rant about how they were \u201cgovernment propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He told viewers: \u201cWe have to say about these stills, huge health warning on them, these are government propaganda photographs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Believing the photos had been taken by Number 10, Coates said: \u201cThey\u2019ll have taken 100 of them and they\u2019ll only pick the ones of him [Starmer] smiling, so do not take these as concrete proof that he\u2019s happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThis is as close to fake news as we can get,\u201d he added. \u201cYou can trust pictures when they come from Sky News or an accredited news agency like PA.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re looking at fake news pictures, that try to tell you a story, these pictures come from Number 10, so distrust the story you\u2019re looking at.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It was later pointed out to Coates by his colleague Mark Austin that the photographs had in fact been take by PA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Coates\u2019s comments sparked a furious reaction online, with many concerned about the fact he had accused Starmer\u2019s government of spreading \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:3\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Coates\u2019s comments came towards the end of a day during which dozens of Labour MPs called for Starmer to resign as prime minister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Starmer has so far resisted these calls, telling his Cabinet on Tuesday that he has no intention of stepping down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>On Wednesday, the Labour leader\u00a0held a short meeting\u00a0at Number 10 with Wes Streeting, who is widely considered to be one of the PM\u2019s main leadership threats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This comes ahead of the King\u2019s Speech, in which King Charles will set out the government\u2019s planned new laws.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Sky #News #journalist #tells #viewers #Starmer #photos #fake #news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;These are government propaganda photographs.&#8221; There\u2019s been a furious reaction after Sky News journalist Sam Coates repeatedly described pictures of Keir Starmer as \u201cpropaganda\u201d and \u201cfake news.\u201d After a day of calls for him to resign, Starmer carried out some prime ministerial duties as he visited a group of apprentices in London. 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