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We need to push back hard on fake news: BBC Global News Editorial Director

Interview with Jamie Angus

Jamie Angus, BBC Global News, BBC
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Jamie Angus, Editorial Director, BBC Global News

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar
The BBC remains one of the most popular sources of news globally -- on TV, online and on radio. In 2016, it averaged 100 million unique users a month. Last year, it began an initiative called Reality Check, to tackle fake news. Jamie Angus, the editorial director at BBC Global News, talks to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar, in London. Edited excerpts:  

How does Reality Check work?

We first ran it in the 2010 and 2015 general elections, and the European Union referendum in 2016. It proved so popular that we have now made it permanent -- we recognise that our