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The Blistering Barnacles Company has no clothes. A "research study" of the erstwhile imperial propaganda machine on the phenomenon of "fake news" in India is dissected ruthlessly and meticulously by @OpIndia_com.

opindia.com/2018/11/the-bb…
Why is the British taxpayer funding such shoddy journalism (and appalling journalistic standards), and political interference in important allied countries, that will surely backfire in spectacular ways? Will anybody in BBC face the music?

opindia.com/2018/11/the-bb…
BBC's "faux pas" on the "faux news" of India is not an isolated incident. It is representative of a global pattern of crappy journalistic standards. This free rein of churning out bullshit may be coming to an end, thanks to observers like @UnSubtleDesi.

opindia.com/2018/11/here-l…
I highly recommend @UnSubtleDesi's interview with Jamie @JamieJBartlett, where they discussed Cambridge Analytica's interference with Indian politics.

This level of scientific and technical depth in analyzing the nature of "fake news" is to be commended.
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