This led to a rash of headlines, of which The Daily Telegraph's "Hoodies who salute uniforms" was typical, albeit ultimately exaggerated.
No-one has mentioned saluting. The press release from Group 4 Securicor, who commissioned the survey, had begun rather differently.
For the company, the startling news was that almost one in five Brits would not listen to or obey someone that was wearing a uniform.
Unfortunately for their smartly uniformed staff, the research showed that two per cent of the population are actually less likely to trust a person in uniform than someone not wearing one.
For some reason, the papers didn't view that as particularly interesting.
Not compared with another chance to get the word "hoodie" into another headline.
You don't have to be a cynic to raise an eyebrow at the Daily Mirror's headline: "US style school transport gets thumbs-up from kids." Really?
Those big yellow buses? Young people actually like them?
So it seems at first glance. The paper reported that young people gave the "thumbs-up" to the arrival of yellow school buses. It quoted sixth-formers in pilot areas apparently saying the buses were "smart".
Hang on. Now it is getting silly. These are buses for primary school kids. What self-respecting 17-year-old is going to think it is smart to sit in a place normally associated with Sesame Street characters?
The Mirror admits that there was not universal support for the buses.
Some young people, particularly 11- to 16-year-olds, said they "stood out" too much. That sounds more like it.
"Teenagers to face random drug-testing at all schools", ran the Times headline. The report told how drug-testing is "set to be rolled out to all secondary schools".
It seems unlikely. There is the small matter of cost. The six-month pilot programme at the Abbey School in Faversham, Kent, was paid for by the News of the World. One cannabis user at the school was identified at a total cost of 10,000. The paper is unlikely to fork out similarly for all the schools in the country.
Analysing a single sample in a reputable lab will set you back 25. For a test of 20 pupils once a week for the school year of 38 weeks - that's 19,000. The price goes up if anyone tests positive, as there will be further analysis and the lab will need to be paid.
Think how many youth work sessions you could get for that money.
