ISD

The BBC’s Marianna Spring specializes in branding average citizens as conspiracy theorists and potential terrorists for questioning official claims. When caught lying about her own professional record to advance her ambitions, she says she thought her deceit “wouldn’t be a big deal.” On September 6th, The New European reported that BBC’s “specialist disinformation correspondent” Marianna Spring lied on her résumé in a failed attempt to bag work with Coda Story back in 2018. While posing as an independent outlet, Coda Story […]

Little is known about the history of Marianna Spring, the BBC’s first “disinformation correspondent.” But her record of churning out disinfo of her own in the service of British government objectives sends a bright red flag up over the new Verify project.  The launch of BBC Verify, “a new brand to address the growing threat of disinformation and build trust with audiences by transparently showing how BBC journalists know the information they are reporting,” has raised questions about whether the […]

Got another interesting email the today, similar to the ones I’ve received from Newspapers planning hit-job articles. Common enough when you properly discuss science and data since March 2020. This time it’s coming from one of Ireland’s main newspapers – The Irish Independent.  Here’s my last interview on mainstream, after which they scurried back into … Supposed invite from mainstream for interview – believe it? Read More »

Got another interesting email the other day, similar to the ones I’ve received from Newspapers planning hit-job articles – common enough when you discuss science and data since March 2020. But this time it’s coming from a corporate think-tank outfit – the London-based Institute for Strategic Discussion (ISD).  At the end of this post I’ll … Who are the ISD? The Latest challenge to Science and Logic – Interesting Read More »