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BBC Vows To Tackle Fake News
- Independent.co.uk, Monday, January 16, 2017 7:51 AM
A ‘fake news’ debunking team is to be set up by the BBC to tackle a recent increase in false news stories appearing across the web, the corporation has confirmed. The BBC’s news and current affairs editor James Harding told staff the corporation will increase its commitment to dealing with “deliberately misleading stories masquerading as news”.
