{"id":32789,"date":"2018-06-12T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32789"},"modified":"2018-06-12T08:47:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:47:39","slug":"bbc-monitoring-spotting-fake-news-since-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/bbc-monitoring-spotting-fake-news-since-wwii\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Monitoring: “spotting fake news” since WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: BBC Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\n

BBC Monitoring is a specialist part of BBC News, part of the World Service group. We have experienced journalists and linguists who follow and track international media in foreign languages, in over 150 countries and about 100 languages.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We monitor that information, we report and analyse it, and we work on a subscription website basis. All our content is available to the BBC and to the UK Government and we also have commercial customers.<\/p>\n

The service has\u00a0been through a lot of changes in the last couple of years, and was delivered a savings target which we had to incorporate. We\u2019ve changed the structure of the personnel and the organisation, we\u2019ve changed the delivery platform, updated the technology, and we have new products, new customers and users.<\/p>\n

We’ve moved from Caversham House, in Berkshire, which\u00a0was an absolutely beautiful place to work, but it was expensive to run, and we were at a distance from a lot of our users in the BBC but also in the UK Government. Coming into Broadcasting House gives just that extra sense of being part of News.<\/p>\n

[…]BBC Monitoring was set up to counter propaganda from Nazi Germany in the war, explaining propaganda and spotting messaging in media. Verification – and then the reporting of stories where fake news is part of the media, is still part of what we do.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m pleased that the World Service is pulling together all its coverage of fake news. Monitoring is a central part of that, and we\u2019re also developing a small team that is solely going to be dedicated to disinformation and the manipulation of messaging in the media in certain parts of the world.<\/p>\n

We already work with all parts of News, for example our Iran team work very closely with the Persian service. During the Iranian elections last year some of our team were embedded with the Persian service to help them with their coverage.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re constantly following the media in over 150 countries, so when you\u2019re talking about a big, complex, international story we\u2019re able to broaden the lens and say \u2018Well, here\u2019s the view from this part of the world\u2019, and \u2018Here\u2019s what this other country is saying.\u2019[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full story on the BBC blog.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: BBC Blog) BBC Monitoring is a specialist part of BBC News, part of the World Service group. We have experienced journalists and linguists who follow and track international media in foreign languages, in over 150 countries and about 100 languages. 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