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Last week , both the BBC and ITV reported on the same non-story: that no evidence was found of Reform U.K. using bots’ to influence its social media reach ahead of the July 4th General Election .
But the stories these outlets published left readers with the clear impression that something nefarious had been exposed.
Reform denies that its campaign includes such an initiative.
Two national broadcasters produced such studies, based on thin air, within 24 hours of each other.
The good faith of the unnamed experts’ at Cardiff University and the newsrooms that have hired them can hardly be taken for granted.
The recruitment of academics into political debates, not so much to inform them as cackhandedly manage PR, has poisoned the relationship between the public and Westminster .
BBC Verify’s work, despite its bloated staff, is sloppy to the point of being false.
Its own fact checking’ is littered with errors.
National broadcasters, think tanks and academic research organisations have lowered themselves to the level of Russian or Nigerian troll farms.
It is this network of bullshit that is the threat to democracy.
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