Troubling questions surround BBC ‘disinformation correspondent’ Marianna Spring - The Grayzone
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Little is known about the history of Marianna Spring, the BBC’s first “disinformation correspondent.” But her record of churning out disinfo of her own in the service of British government objectives sends a bright red flag up over the new Verify project.  The launch of BBC Verify, “a new brand to address the growing threat of disinformation and build trust with audiences by transparently showing how BBC journalists know the information they are reporting,” has raised questions about whether the […]
  • @kallisti@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    7•11 months ago

    I mean, it’s entirely unsurprising that someone working for the BBC is a mouthpiece of the British state and heavily intertwined with the security services. This is the same BBC that used to run every hire past MI5 to make sure they weren’t even remotely communist.

    I think I’d be more surprised if it turned out someone working for the BBC had any principles.