• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I mean, it’s pretty standard for newsrooms to report who is making a claim. I read Reuters stories all the time that quote TASS (Russian news agency) without verifying the veracity of the report. I can’t recall a time the reports didn’t say something akin to “Reuters cannot verify the accuracy of the claim at this time”

      Def not cool of the BBC to originally bury the source of the claim in the headline though. Thats bad reporting.