Is the Beeb being self righteous again? Or offering us a model for reinforcing our own cred when others doubt it?
Well I can try, but are you sure I’m even me? Wouldn’t you like me to BBC Verify myself? Perhaps I can scan my iris or ask for my mother’s maiden name. Actually, you will be pleased to know that a team of data journalists on FT Verify can confirm that a study of WhatsApp messages showed me complaining about the headline on my column, and the location of the person sending that text does correspond to my office upstairs. OK, that’s not true.
If the BBC can check its own work and pronounce itself satisfied, surely we can learn from this. Couldn’t we all use our own Verify brand just to persuade people that on this occasion we really are telling the truth, for example when we call in sick for work? I am in fact working on my own version of Verify Myself .
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