Jeremy Corbyn has accused the BBC of spreading rumours and “fake news.” The leader of the Labour Party is slowly coming round to US President Donald Trump’s idea that mainstream media is in the business of promoting fake news. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says “there is no news,” that all speculative stories put out by the BBC are just “absolute nonsense.” He told BBC Breakfast: “I’m really surprised the BBC is reporting fake news. There is no news. There is no news.“ Mirror reports: Donald Trump was heavily criticised last month for branding US news outlet CNN “fake news” during his last press conference before taking office. Asked about the issue of so-called “fake news”, the Labour leader said: “There’s a lot of it about.” BBC journalist Charlie Stayt asked Corbyn about rumours he’s set a date for his departure as Labour leader. Corbyn said the claims had started “on IMadeItUpYesterday.com”, insisting it was “absolute nonsense.” Stayt pressed him again, saying: “So your future as Labour leader is absolutely intact? You’ve not considered whether you as leader are damaging the party?” Corbyn replied: “I’m really surprised the BBC is reporting fake news. There is no news.” During last year’s [...]
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