Struggling BBC Verify Produces Zero Stories in Five Days – Guido Fawkes

Struggling BBC Verify Produces Zero Stories in Five Days

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Back in August Guido asked the BBC why its Verify project was producing content so sluggishly and whether there had been cuts to staff. He was told it is “completely untrue to say that there have been cuts to Verify… It’s business as usual.” True to say that – nothing has changed…

Guido’s in house Verify service analysed editorial content produced by BBC Verify and found that in the last five days a total of zero articles have been produced. Total staff: 63. Total salary bill to the taxpayer: £3.4 million…

Considering that BBC Verify has only produced 14 articles in May so far Guido Verify analysis shows that each staff member is effectively being paid £281.67 per article produced so far this month. Nice work if you can get it…