Immigrants are eating household pets has spawned that one by the musician the kiffness. False it may well be but the claim has dominated news cycles, and onejournalist set out to find the source of the now debunked rumour. Jack brewster is enterprise editor at newsguard and he s been telling us about how he did it. Yeah, so finding the source of this claim is almost as interesting as the claim itself. We went to the screenshot that everyone was sharing online, purporting to come from the person who originally shared the claim, and it was posted first in this private facebook group. And when it was shared on x which is where it went viral somebody had redacted the name at the top, so you couldn t tell who was the original poster of this claim. But my colleague and i noticed that a couple of the letters were exposed at the top and so, we zoomed in and after about a few minutes of searching, we guessed that the name might be erica, just by the way that the tops of the letters were e
This is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Hello, im Katie Razzall and this week on the Media Show, were talking about Donald Trumps false claims that migrants are Eating Pets in ohio. Were learning about life as a reporter in china with the Economists Man in beijing. And well go inside the race for al and the Tech Bro rivalries at the heart of it. Synthesiser Music Backup vocals and funky beat plays thats one of many remixes that Donald Trumps false claim that haitian immigrants are eating Household Pets has spawned that one by the musician the kiffness. False it may well be, but the claim has dominated news cycles, and onejournalist set out to find the source of the now Debunked Rumour. Jack brewster is Enterprise Editor at newsguard, and hes been telling us about how he did it. Yeah, so finding the source of this claim is almost as interesting as the claim itself. We went to the screenshot that everyone was shari
Backup vocals and funky beat plays that s one of many remixes that donald trump s false claim that haitian immigrants are eating household pets has spawned that one by the musician the kiffness. False it may well be but the claim has dominated news cycles, and onejournalist set out to find the source of the now debunked rumour. Jack brewster is enterprise editor at newsguard and he s been telling us about how he did it. Yeah, so finding the source of this claim is almost as interesting as the claim itself. We went to the screenshot that everyone was sharing online, purporting to come from the person who originally shared the claim, and it was posted first in this private facebook group. And when it was shared on x which is where it went viral somebody had redacted the name at the top, so you couldn t tell who was the original poster of this claim. But my colleague and i noticed that a couple of the letters were exposed at the top and so, we zoomed in and after about a few minutes
Putin threatens war. As starmer meets biden to discuss ukraine, what would 3 harris or Trump Victory mean for the west . And its succession for real as the Murdochs Head to court over what happens after Rupert Murdochs death. Hello and welcome to newsnight, the place to be this Friday Night for insight and illuminating interviews on a day when tensions between russia and the west appear to be escalating. As we speak, sir keir starmer s meeting with President Biden to discuss the next steps in the war in ukraine. So, what does the future looks like, for ukraine and the west, after the us election in november . On our transatlantic panel tonight, were joined by the Journalist Michael Wolff whose Book Fire and fury inside the trump White House is seen by many as the definitive work on the former president. Alison phillips, who was the Mirrors Editor in chief until earlier this year is here. And also with us, john ryley, editor of Sky News for 17 years. Welcome to you all and john, in term
and was echoed by the likes ofjacob rees mogg. well, i think it s over baked. i think they want to find the worst at every possible opportunity. and i think it shows a degree of vindictiveness that does not work to the committee s favour or advantage. the space provided on the bbc for the former prime minister and his supporters to reject the report s conclusions annoyed william riddell graham, who emailed, the 30 or so mps who support johnson should not be granted the same air time and the same deference as the hundreds of meps, including many conservatives, who will support the report . the bbc should seek balance, but when that quest for balance means that you are talking to eccentrics like fabricant and doris, then that quest becomes almost equivalent to a bias . that charge had already been levelled last friday when, before anyone else had seen its conclusions, borisjohnson dismissed the committee that investigated him as a kangaroo court. so, did the bbc allow this pr