In this post, I'm going to highlight the factual errors in the news reporting, give some explanation as to the context, and raise an important question about the coverage. The articles I am criticising include: The original Radio Times feature - not available on the web The Independent article - lifted from the Radio Times: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/dara-obriain-calls-for-more-taxing-exams-after-scoring-a-in-10minute-gcse-maths-paper-8583201.html The Telegraph article - lifted from the Radio Times: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10011172/Dara-OBriain-GCSE-maths-paper-not-interesting-enough-for-bright-students.html Factual Takedown The articles have most points in common. He took a one hour GCSE paper by OCR from June 2011. It took him 10 minutes. He got 47 out of 60. This is given a grade A*. 1) " Ó’Briain sat a GCSE higher-level paper from June 2011, set by OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations), an examining boa...