Springtime for Tyrants
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.
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.
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.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Marianna Spring's disregard for the truth, Róisín Murphy's sweet revenge and Gavin Newsom's lockdown mea culpa.
The BBC's Disinformation Correspondent Marianna Spring is facing claims that she lied about her experience on her CV, which would make her responsible for some 'disinformation' of her own.
In this week's episode of the Weekly Sceptic, the talking points are Megan Rapinoe's penalty miss, Trump's indictment, Marianna Spring becoming unsprung and Elon Musk's open-ended legal guarantee to X users.
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.
The BBC's war on 'disinformation' – defined as anything contrary to the Government line – is just state censorship by another name, says Shiraz Akram.
The BBC's new multimillion pound Verify unit is paying an army of fact-checkers to root out 'misinformation'. The BBC should start with its own deluge of factually-dubious claims about the 'climate emergency'.
Twitter owner Elon Musk has accused a BBC reporter of lying during an interview in a row over whether incidents of hate speech are increasing on the social network.
