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=== Stigma from the media === A number media interviews and newspaper coverage have presented negative views of patients with ME, including representing some reporting legitimate claims through official chanqqnels as harassing, or intimidating researchers described as "vilification" and listed alongside unproven allegations of criminal acts such as sending "death threats".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/esc_bulletins/2012/feb.pdf | title = “Torrent of abuse” hindering ME research {{!}} Today programme {{!}} BBC Radio 4 | last = BBC News Online | first = | authorlink = BBC news | date = July 29, 2011 | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> Murray et al. (2019) found a significant ''gender bias'' in their analysis of English newspaper articles featuring patients with ME/CFS, women were presented as more emotionally distressed with their physical symptoms minimized, and the impact on social and home functioning was emphasized, while men were portrayed as "action men" prior to their illness, with physical symptoms prominent and the impact on career and sports emphasized.<ref name="Murray2019"/> In other coverage, treatment success rates have been grossly exaggerated, with the controversial [[graded exercise therapy]] (GET) referred to as simply "[[exercise]]" in headlines rather than a specialist treatment.<ref name="BBCTodayFITNET">{{Cite web|url=https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/esc_bulletins/2017/mar.pdf | title = Editorial Standards Findings Appeals to the Trust and other editorial issues considered by the Editorial Standards Committee: Decisions by the Head of Editorial Standards, Trust Unit February and March 2017 | last = BBC Trust | first=|authorlink=BBC | date = Mar 2017 | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> A [[BBC news|BBC]] report, believed to be heavily influenced by the biased [[Science Media Centre]] (SMC), "overstated" and made inaccurate claims that the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[FITNET trial]] could cure "two-thirds" of [[United Kingdom|[British]] children with [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS]] within 6 months, when the actual figure was under 40%, with those results heavily disputed due to including very broad diagnostic criteria, and the treatment only being available in 10% of the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref name="BBCTodayFITNET" /> A number of charities including [[Invest in ME Research]] and [[The ME Association]] have filed complaints or raised objections, in addition to individual patients.<ref name="IIMEpacebbc">{{Cite web|url=http://investinme.org/IIME-Newslet-1501-02.shtml | title = INVEST IN ME RESPONSE to BBC ARTICLE | last = Invest in ME Research | first = | authorlink = Invest in ME Research | date = Jan 2015 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> The exaggerated recovery rates and headlines about "exercise" or a talking treatment have encouraged the public to stereotype patients as lazy, simply lacking the willingness to exercise, or as having [[:Category:Mental disorders|mental health]] problems.
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