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LONDON (LifeSiteNews) –– The U.K.’s BBC is being widely criticized after it announced the formation of a new team to fight “disinformation” online and in wider society.
The BBC Verify unit was recently announced by the U.K.’s national broadcaster as a means to fact-check and counter “disinformation.” It will work as a subsidiary of the BBC, with an office in the BBC’s broadcasting house in London.
Formed of 60 journalists, the new team will be led by 27-year-old Marianna Spring – the BBC’s so-called “disinformation correspondent.” Since March of 2020, Spring has been part of the BBC’s campaign against “disinformation,” and as such has worked against what she has styled “conspiracy theories,” including information contrary to the mainstream narrative on issues such as COVID-19 injections, and the U.S. 2020 presidential election.
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Spring – who previously worked at the left-wing news outlet The Guardian before joining the BBC – has been persistent in promoting the COVID-19 injections and reporting against those who warn about the injections, with growing
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