Fake News on the BBC

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"We have our very own fake journalists operating in the UK," writes David Miller of Europe's SpinWatch. Miller cites the British Forces Broadcasting Service, whose reports have been aired by the BBC. BFBS is run by the Services Sound and Vision Corporation, an entity "fully funded by the Ministry of Defence," which brags about its "considerable contribution" to the armed forces' morale. BBC Scotland insiders, Miller writes, "are livid" about the BFBS pieces, calling them "an audio press release for the Army." Other members of the British "network of propaganda agencies" are the London Press Service, run by Intelfax for the government's Foreign Office, and British Satellite News, run by the international communications company World Television.