The Daily Telegraph

=== Accusation of news coverage influence by advertisers ===

In July 2014, the ''Daily Telegraph'' was criticised for carrying links on its website to pro-Kremlin articles supplied by a Russian state-funded publication that downplayed any Russian involvement in the downing of the passenger jet [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]].<ref>Spence, Alex (22 July 2014). [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4153902.ece "Telegraph and TV channel criticised over crash reports"], ''The Times''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006180446/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4153902.ece |date=6 October 2014 }}. Retrieved 7 October 2014</ref> These had featured on its website as part of a commercial deal, but were later removed.<ref>Spence, Alex (20 July 2014). [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4161591.ece "Telegraph spikes 'Russian propaganda{{'"}}], ''The Times''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011111534/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4161591.ece |date=11 October 2014 }}. Retrieved 7 October 2014.</ref>

As of 2014,{{update inline|date=November 2023}} the paper was paid £900,000 a year to include the supplement ''[[Russia Beyond the Headlines]]'', a publication sponsored by the {{lang|ru-latn|[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]}}, the Russian government's official newspaper.<ref>''Private Eye'' No. 1374, "Street of Shame", 5–18 September 2014, pg. 6.</ref>

In February 2015, the chief political commentator of the ''Daily Telegraph'', [[Peter Oborne]], resigned. Oborne accused the paper of a "form of fraud on its readers"<ref name="OpenDemocracy 17 February 2015">{{cite web | title= Why I have resigned from the Telegraph | url= https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph | author= Peter Oborne | date= 17 February 2015 | website= Open Democracy | access-date= 16 April 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160210130853/https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph | archive-date= 10 February 2016 | url-status= live }}</ref> for its coverage of the bank [[HSBC]] in relation to a Swiss tax-dodging scandal that was widely covered by other news media. He alleged that editorial decisions about news content had been heavily influenced by the advertising arm of the newspaper because of commercial interests.<ref name="BBC News 17 February 2015">{{cite web | title= Daily Telegraph's Peter Oborne resigns over HSBC coverage | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31510152 | author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date= 17 February 2015 | work= BBC News | access-date= 18 February 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150218051845/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31510152 | archive-date= 18 February 2015 | url-status= live }}</ref> [[Jay Rosen]] at [[New York University]] stated that Oborne's resignation statement was "one of the most important things a journalist has written about journalism lately".<ref name="BBC News 17 February 2015" />

Oborne cited other instances of advertising strategy influencing the content of articles, linking the refusal to take an editorial stance on the repression of democratic demonstrations in Hong Kong to the ''Telegraph''{{'s}} support from China. Additionally, he said that favourable reviews of the [[Cunard]] cruise liner ''[[RMS Queen Mary 2|Queen Mary II]]'' appeared in the ''Telegraph'', noting: "On 10 May last year ''The Telegraph'' ran a long feature on Cunard's Queen Mary II liner on the news review page. This episode looked to many like a plug for an advertiser on a page normally dedicated to serious news analysis. I again checked and certainly ''Telegraph'' competitors did not view Cunard's liner as a major news story. Cunard is an important ''Telegraph'' advertiser."<ref name="OpenDemocracy 17 February 2015" />

In response, the ''Telegraph'' called Oborne's statement an "astonishing and unfounded attack, full of inaccuracy and innuendo".<ref name="BBC News 17 February 2015" /> Later that month, ''Telegraph'' editor Chris Evans invited journalists at the newspaper to contribute their thoughts on the issue.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ponsford|first=Dominic|date=28 February 2015|title=Telegraph editor Chris Evans invites staff to contribute ideas on new editorial/commercial guidelines|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-editor-chris-evans-invites-staff-contribute-ideas-new-editorialcommercial-guidelines/|access-date=18 March 2021|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509221621/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-editor-chris-evans-invites-staff-contribute-ideas-new-editorialcommercial-guidelines/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Press Gazette]]'' reported later in 2015 that Oborne had joined the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' tabloid newspaper and ''The Telegraph'' had "issued new guidelines over the way editorial and commercial staff work together".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Turvill|first=William|date=30 June 2015|title=Four months on from Telegraph resignation, Peter Oborne moves back to Daily Mail|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/four-months-telegraph-resignation-peter-oborne-announces-daily-mail-move/|access-date=18 March 2021|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509154451/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/four-months-telegraph-resignation-peter-oborne-announces-daily-mail-move/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2017, the Telegraph Media Group had a higher number of upheld complaints than any other UK newspaper by its regulator [[Independent Press Standards Organisation|IPSO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/|title=Rulings and regulation statements|publisher=IPSO|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201094545/https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/|archive-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of these findings pertained to inaccuracy, as with other UK newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-tops-ipso-naughty-list-with-nine-upheld-complaints-followed-by-the-times-and-daily-express/|title=Daily Telegraph tops IPSO naughty list with nine upheld complaints followed by The Times and Daily Express|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|date=19 September 2016|work=Press Gazette|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220091952/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/telegraph-tops-ipso-naughty-list-with-nine-upheld-complaints-followed-by-the-times-and-daily-express/|archive-date=20 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2017, a number of major western news organisations whose coverage had irked Beijing were excluded from [[Xi Jinping]]'s speech event launching a new politburo. However, the ''Daily Telegraph'' had been granted an invitation to the event.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Tom|title=Protest after Western media 'troublemakers' barred from Xi Jinping speech|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/protest-after-western-media-troublemakers-barred-from-xi-jinping-speech|access-date=9 April 2018|work=The Guardian|date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408224745/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/protest-after-western-media-troublemakers-barred-from-xi-jinping-speech|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2019, ''[[Business Insider]]'' reported ''The Telegraph'' had partnered with [[Facebook]] to publish articles "downplaying 'technofears' and praising the company".<ref>{{cite news|date=3 April 2019|title=Facebook is partnering with a big UK newspaper to publish sponsored articles downplaying 'technofears' and praising the company|work=Business Insider|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-daily-telegraph-positive-sponsored-news-stories-2019-4|url-status=live|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403221601/https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-daily-telegraph-positive-sponsored-news-stories-2019-4|archive-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>