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The BBC Is Struggling to Survive the Era of Fake News
Streaming channels and right-wing politicians are imperiling the venerable broadcaster.
Under attack.
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A group of Zurich University researchers this year published a study comparing the vulnerability of 18 advanced societies to online misinformation. The best defended, they concluded, were the Nordic nations, led by Finland, with a resilience score of +7, followed by Denmark with +5. The U.K. ranked fifth, with +4.
Much more credulous were the southern Europeans. Greece was marked as -6, Italy as -5. To some of us, however, the most dismaying conclusion of the survey was that the U.S., the world’s largest economy, ranked last, with a marking of -11.