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  1. Meatpie

    BBC spreads fake news by quoting parody Twitter account in Zimbabwe coverage

    The BBC and other news organisations have quoted an apparent parody Twitter account in their reporting of the military takeover in Zimbabwe. BBC Radio 4’s Today programme referred to the @zanu_ pf account, which claimed to represent Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu-PF party, and it was quoted as...
  2. Meatpie

    The BBC is now a major source of fake news

    Earlier today the BBC posted a breaking news story about a plane crash in Portugal which authorites later confirmed as fake news. Still the story quickly spread on other websites. Shame that BBC news editors don't double check their stories before posting. :unreal: A few hours later they...
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