Rachel Reeves's 'tractor tax' will hit 2,500 farmers a year, 75,000 over a generation – five times as many as the Chancellor claims because she doesn't understand the industry, a leading expert has said.
The BBC Verify unit used a Labour Party activist as an "independent tax expert" to back its analysis of Government figures on the farm tax, analysis that Keir Starmer then cited as proof he was correct.
In its latest hit job on a climate change 'denier', BBC Verify has targeted a Kenyan subsistence farmer. His sin? Challenging the green blob's efforts to stop Africans benefitting from cheap energy. Ben Pile investigate.
BBC 'Disinformation Correspondent' Marianna Spring worries about Russian spies, trolls, bots and Brexiteers. But most of all she worries "real people" will be "emboldened" to talk about politics online.
Why did the BBC and ITV decide to smear Reform – on the same day! – with a baseless story about 'bots' boosting their support on social media, asks Ben Pile. It's the latest example of dissenters being smeared by the MSM.
BBC Verify should just explain things, and then let people decide for themselves, says David Frost in the Telegraph. But isn't that what the BBC is supposed to do anyway?
The BBC's war on misinformation is blatantly one-sided, says Simon Cottee. The 'misinformation' in mind is almost always from conservative sources, while the 'fact-checkers' aren't so accurate themselves.
Chris Morrison has uncovered more details about the 'climate journalism' course the BBC Verify correspondent is taking on his 6-month sabbatical. One lecturer discussed jailing those who spread climate 'misinformation'.
A BBC 'mis/disinformation' correspondent is taking a six-month sabbatical to enrol on a climate course funded by green billionaires so he can learn how to 'debunk' climate contrarians even more effectively.
The face of the BBC's new multi-million pound anti-disinformation unit, Marianna Spring, has been accused of spreading fake news by Carl Benjamin, who has complained to Ofcom and the BBC. Oddly, she hasn't responded.
