BBC Hides Scale of Expansion of Own Verify Team – Guido Fawkes

BBC Hides Scale of Expansion of Own Verify Team

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The BBC is now refusing to reveal how many staff make up its Verify team and how much they are paid. Something to hide?

The corporation is now refusing freedom of information requests on the team numbers and salary because figures “with an increased headcount and combined salary will potentially identify the salary of a small number of new recruits. Therefore, if the BBC disclosed this information it would contravene data protection principles.” Bogus…

The salary costs for BBC Verify are at least £3.4 million and have been rising over the past two years. The value of that team to the taxpayer is not hard to verify…