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☆ Fact Check-Fake headline on far-right conspiracy theories credited to Marianna Spring
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Guardian did not publish a headline claiming that a “far-right conspiracy theory is always a far-right conspiracy theory” regardless of whether it is “true or not,” as suggested in a fabricated screenshot crediting the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring. The sub-headline reads: “In fact, the more true it is, the more of a far-right conspiracy theory it is. Spring told Reuters that she had not written any such headline, and that the screenshot surfaced after she published her investigation of a conspiracy theory newspaper in June (www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65821747). The fabricated headline does not appear in a search of the Guardian’s website (www.theguardian.com/uk), nor in an online search (archive.is/wip/tzH7X). The Guardian did not publish the headline attributed to Marianna Spring.

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☆ A Twitter engineer says the company is 'like a building where all the pieces are on fire'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Twitter engineer told the BBC that the company is "like a building where all the pieces are on fire." "There are so many things broken and there's nobody taking care of it," the engineer told the BBC. "When you look at it from the outside, the façade looks fine, but I can see that nothing is working," the engineer said. Twitter's layoffs have resulted in an extensive reorganization of remaining workers, the engineer told the BBC. "There are so many things broken and there's nobody taking care of it," the engineer told the BBC.

☆ Dr. Fauci denounces 'lowlife' trolls for harassing his wife and daughters and says disagreeing with Trump 'triggered a lot of hostility'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Anthony Fauci has denounced the "lowlife" trolls that harass his wife and children, in a BBC interview. Speaking on the Americast podcast about the abuse he faces, Fauci said his wife and children were harassed after people found where they lived and their phone numbers. He told Americast that disagreeing with Trump's stance on COVID-19 "generated an extraordinary amount of hostility" from "far-right" activists. "I would not under any circumstances adopt the Swedish model because if you look at the deaths and hospitalizations in Sweden compared to other Scandinavian countries, it's much, much worse," Fauci told Americast. Fauci, 81, is set to step down as the White House's chief medical advisor at the end of Biden's first time.

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