Tories accused of changing BBC headline to mislead the public. Quelle surprise!
It is remarkable that the Conservative government felt the need to ‘doctor’ a BBC News article, apparently because it wasn’t complimentary enough.
The BBC, as we all know, might as well changes its name to “Conservative Party Propaganda Unit”. You only have to look at Fiona Bruce’s sickening fawning towards Brandon Lewis on Question Time to see that.
But altering a news story to present a false impression to the public is unforgivable.
This is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public.
But then, the Conservatives are led by a known liar – Boris Johnson.
Interestingly, the lie was perpetrated on Facebook, which has an ongoing drive to eliminate ‘fake news’ – headed by former Liberal Democrat leader (and Coalition collaborator with the Tories) Nick Clegg. Will he penalise his former colleagues? Will he even notice what they’ve done?
You cannot expect better from these people – but you can certainly count on matters becoming worse.
The Conservative Party has been accused of running “misleading” adverts on Facebook after appearing to manipulate a BBC News article to promote Boris Johnson’s education policy.
Adverts paid for by the party featured an article on school funding that had had its headline altered to read “£14 billion pound cash boost for schools”. The original article was headlined “School spending: Multi-billion pound cash boost announced”.
The £14bn figure used by No 10 has been criticised because it relates to the combined spending increase across several years, rather than per year.
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