{"id":77725,"date":"2023-09-08T12:21:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=77725"},"modified":"2023-09-08T12:21:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:21:29","slug":"bbc-disinformation-correspondent-marianna-spring-accused-of-lying-on-her-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/bbc-disinformation-correspondent-marianna-spring-accused-of-lying-on-her-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Disinformation Correspondent Marianna Spring Accused Of Lying On Her Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC&#8217;s first disinformation correspondent has apparently been caught in a lie.<\/p>\n<p>Marianna Spring, one of the BBC&#8217;s fastest-rising stars, reportedly embellished the truth on her resume while applying for a job before she joined the broadcaster in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><em>The New European<\/em>, a British newspaper, has seen emails between Spring and Natalia Antelava, the editor-in-chief of U.S. publication <em>Coda Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Spring was looking for work as a Moscow stringer and is reported to have said on her resume that she worked alongside BBC Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Barbara-Slater_B5A8034_V1-1.jpeg\"><span>Breaking News<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>BBC Sport Boss Barbara Slater To Retire<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-22.24.18-e1693949179799.png\"><span>News<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>BBC Considers Replacing Huw Edwards On Election Night Show As Presenter Remains Suspended<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<p>Her CV said: &ldquo;June 2018: Reported on International News during the World Cup, specifically the perception of Russia, with BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Antelava, a former BBC journalist, reportedly checked the claim with Rainsford, who revealed that she had only met Spring in social situations.<\/p>\n<p>Spring apologized for the &ldquo;awful misjudgement,&#8221; according to the emails seen by <em>New European<\/em> journalist Tim Walker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve only bumped into Sarah whilst she&rsquo;s working and chatted to her at various points, but nothing more. Everything else on my CV is entirely true,&rdquo; Spring wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;There&rsquo;s absolute [sic] no excuse at all, and I&rsquo;m really sorry again. The only explanation at all is my desperation to report out in Moscow, and thinking that it wouldn&rsquo;t be a big deal, which was totally naive and stupid of me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spring defended herself as a &#8220;brilliant reporter.&#8221; Antelava replied: &ldquo;Telling me you are a brilliant reporter who exercises integrity and honesty when you have literally demonstrated the opposite was a terrible idea &#8230; I am sure if you use this as a lesson, things will work out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spring went on to forge a successful career at the BBC, where she has become an award-winning and trusted voice on the internet&#8217;s dark corners and conspiracy theories. <\/p>\n<p>As well as reporting for BBC News, she has fronted Radio 4 shows and led investigations for <em>Panorama<\/em>, the corporation&#8217;s flagship current affairs brand.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview last month, she told <em>The Times of London<\/em> she had become a prime target for trolls. A BBC system for monitoring online abuse found that 80% of it was directed at Spring in the first half of 2023. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really normal to really hate me,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Spring is yet to respond to Deadline&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Must Read Stories<\/h2>\n<h3>Italy&#8217;s Lucky Red On New Woody Allen &#038; Luc Besson Pics, Netflix Collab &#038; More<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/andrea-occhipinti.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Surprise Guest At &#8216;Boy And The Heron&#8217;; Opening-Night Reviews; Photo Gallery<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/TIFF-2023-day-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Francois-Henri Pinault Art\u00e9mis Buys TPG&#8217;s Majority Stake; Bryan Lourd To Be CEO<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CAA.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sentenced To Decades In Prison; Leah Remini Rips Scientology<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Danny-Masterson.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Read More About:<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/09\/bbc-disinformation-reporter-marianna-spring-accused-of-lying-1235540282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC&#8217;s first disinformation correspondent has apparently been caught in a lie. Marianna Spring, one of the BBC&#8217;s fastest-rising stars, reportedly embellished the truth on her resume while applying for a job before she joined the broadcaster in 2018. The New European, a British newspaper, has seen emails between Spring and Natalia Antelava, the editor-in-chief&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Disinformation Correspondent Marianna Spring Accused Of Lying On Her Resume - posterboyedit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/bbc-disinformation-correspondent-marianna-spring-accused-of-lying-on-her-resume\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Disinformation Correspondent Marianna Spring Accused Of Lying On Her Resume - posterboyedit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The BBC&#8217;s first disinformation correspondent has apparently been caught in a lie. 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