20-05-2023, 02:53 PM
(20-05-2023, 11:26 AM)all new phil Wrote:(20-05-2023, 10:20 AM)Michael Wotton Wrote: it seems like they have gone for red for verified live
www.bbc.co.uk
and it does seem to be by the BBC Verify team
Oh this looks brill. Good to see them going in big on tackling disinformation, exactly what they should be proudly doing.
Except 'disinformation' accusation is widely used by lots of bad actors to abuse their opponents, shut down legitimate debate and limit news coverage of unfavourable stories.
The theory is fine, but reality is the selection of 'misinformation' to target is highly contentious and prone to the bias of activists masquerading as journalists.
Challenging news makers and their statements with facts? Used to be plain old standard journalism - perhaps is the BBC hasn't fired so many experienced staff they'd all be doing this, instead if cut and pasting of press releases from those they should be challenging, and we wouldn't need a shiny new department.