The BBC is losing out to streaming services and their big wallets
During the pandemic, BBC audiences have soared, yet the corporation trembles on its foundations, besieged by forces from the left and right
21 December 2020 - 12:15
A group of Zurich University researchers published a study in 2020 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 UK 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 US, the world’s largest economy, ranked last, with a marking of -11...
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