Marianna Spring: Last News

A female BBC journalist has discovered that she receives more than 80% of all the online abuse received by the entire corporation.

The BBC’s first disinformation correspondent has apparently been caught in a lie.

Elon Musk said he was “rolling on the floor laughing my ass off” at a BBC investigation, which showed that trolling, hate speech, and disinformation have grown on Twitter since his $43B takeover.

BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty was left ‘heartbroken’ after a harrowing interview with parents whose children were shot dead. The 47-year-old journalist has had to conduct many difficult interviews during her career, both on BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 Live. On Monday, Naga took to Twitter to comment on a one that had left her heartbroken after a BBC colleague shared an update on their latest investigation.

K.J. Yossman It seems the feud between former “Newsnight” host Emily Maitlis and her former employer, the BBC, shows no signs of letting up. Less than a week after former Maitlis publicly excoriated the BBC during her MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, the corporation has hastily rebooted its “Americast” podcast – which Maitlis first launched alongside then North America editor Jon Sopel in 2020 – with an introductory episode posted today, Aug. 30, the very same day Maitlis and Sopel’s new podcast series “The News Agents” launches at Global. The BBC announced this morning that Today presenter and former BBC North America editor Justin Webb would front “Americast” alongside Sopel’s replacement for the North America editorship Sarah Smith and disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring. The BBC’s North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher (known as “the Zurch”) also returns for the show.

LAUREN Laverne was back at the reins on The One Show yesterday. But the presenting regular triggered a full blow debate online when viewers of the show were too distracted by her outfit.

De’Graft Mensah, leads the morning bulletin with a piece about World Book Day. This may not be news in the traditional sense, but is justifiable, says Guru-Murthy. “As a parent, I know it’s hugely significant – it’s what kids are talking about that day – so in terms of their world it’s the big story.

SUNDAY Morning Live suffer a blunder as fans blast irritating sound issues that 'ruined' a segment. Sean Fletcher and former EastEnders star Nina Wadia hosted today's episode of the religious and current affairs discussion programme.