一个英国广播公司的节目错误地声称Euan Blair的事务所赢得了政府身份证合同, A BBC show wrongly claimed Euan Blair’s firm won a gov ID contract, traced to a viral post; the network apologized and banned social media-only sourcing.

BBC 的 Have I Got News For You 上虚假声明尤安·布莱尔的公司赢得了政府身份证合同，该帖子被追溯到一条浏览量接近 300 万的病毒式社交媒体帖子。 A false claim on the BBC’s Have I Got News For You that Euan Blair’s company won a government ID card contract was traced to a viral social media post with nearly three million views. 制片人吉米·马尔维尔 （Jimmy Mulville） 表示，年轻的“数字原生代”员工依赖该帖子的受欢迎程度，而没有通过传统来源进行验证。 Producer Jimmy Mulville said younger "digital native" staff relied on the post’s popularity without verifying it through traditional sources. 英国广播公司表示歉意, 从 iPlayer 上移了这段插曲, 重新加载了更正版本, 主持人Victoria Coren Mitchell 发表了公开校正。 The BBC apologized, removed the episode from iPlayer, reuploaded a corrected version, and presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell issued a public correction. 事件引发了一条新规则, 禁止仅来自社交媒体的报道, 凸显了在快速新闻环境中出现错误消息的风险。 The incident led to a new rule banning stories sourced solely from social media, highlighting risks of misinformation in fast-paced news environments.