Incorrect figure on school spending used alongside BBC logo and web address
The Conservative party has been funding ads on Facebook that present a BBC News article as endorsing the government’s inflated figure for school spending – when the article actually criticised the figure’s credibility.
Since the beginning of September the Conservative party has paid for ads on Facebook that link to a BBC article on school funding, with the headline “£14 billion pound cash boost for schools” appearing between a photo with the BBC News logo and its web address BBC.co.uk/News.
This is the Conservative advert on Facebook on school spending, with the BBC logo and pic used on news story. But with a different headline.... The only reference to the £14bn figure in the story is from the head of stats saying it's not a correct figure to use. pic.twitter.com/xuIVh3gFAi
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