BBC Verify Manages to Cut Staff While Keeping Costs The Same – Guido Fawkes

BBC Verify Manages to Cut Staff While Keeping Costs The Same

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Guido has long tracked the cost to the taxpayer of the BBC’s Verify project – launched in in 2023 as “a highly specialised operation” which “brought together forensic journalists and expert talent from across the BBC.” It produces about one article per day…

Recent stories include: “Viral videos claim luxury bags are made in China, is it true?” Earlier this year the BBC hiked total salary costs for the team to £3.4 million with a team of 63. It has since dropped two members of the team to 61. The cost has stayed exactly the same. Only the BBC could cut staff without cutting costs…

Guido in February launched a Verify service of its own. At no cost to the taxpayer…