[Stuart]

That was the odd thing about the launch of BBC Verify. They already had two units with established brands working on this sort of thing: BBC Monitoring, reviewing activity on social media and other media outlets around the world, revealing the truth about stories from people “on the ground”; and BBC Reality Check, which sought to confirm or debunk claims made by public figures and so on - in an effort to combat disinformation.

'BBC Monitoring' was originally a government unit established in 1939 to check overseas media and later funded by MOD and commercial bodies throughout the world until 2013.

It used to pop up on my intranet at work. It still exists.

I should explain that I wasn't around in 1939 and neither was t'internet