Links to a fake mocked-up BBC article, that claim ITV journalist Robert Peston is being sued for revealing a get-rich-quick investment scheme, are circulating on Facebook.
The headline of the article reads: “That is a really sad day for the UK! Bank of England sues Robert Peston for what he said on live TV. Every Briton should know about it!”
The article is presented as appearing on a ‘York & North Yorkshire’ section of the BBC News website. However, there isn’t a section called this on the BBC News website, only one for North Yorkshire.
It features a long transcript, supposedly of a “deleted” on-air interview between ITV presenters Robert Peston and Paul Brand, about an easy way to make money using an online trading platform.
The article also describes a BBC “editor” supposedly trying out the trading platform and shares details of their bank balance and how much money they apparently made through…
