{"id":138370,"date":"2019-11-20T22:40:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T22:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/conservatives-rename-twitter-account-factcheckuk-then-switch-back\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T22:40:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T22:40:27","slug":"conservatives-rename-twitter-account-factcheckuk-then-switch-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/conservatives-rename-twitter-account-factcheckuk-then-switch-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives rename Twitter account FactCheckUK, then switch back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.K. Conservative Party press office on Tuesday night changed its Twitter handle to \u201cFactCheckUK\u201d \u2014 claiming to be providing a fact-checking service against the policies of the opposition Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>The move led to immediate derision on Twitter and criticism from genuine fact-checking organizations, and the Twitter handle was soon returned to CCHQ.<\/p>\n<p>As Prime Minister Boris Johnson debated Labours Jeremy Corbyn live on ITV, the Conservative press office retweeted its own MPs and even suggested in a video that the service \u201cFactCheckUK\u201d had deemed Johnson the winner of the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is inappropriate and misleading for the Conservative press office to rename their twitter account factcheckUK during this debate. Please do not mistake it for an independent fact checking service,\u201d independent charity Full Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullFact\/status\/1196887778736390146?s=19\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said in response<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Full Fact spokesman told POLITICO they had reported it to Twitter, questioning whether @CCHQPress should retain its blue tick status.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservative move came as the two major party leaders took part in their first live clash of the December 12 election campaign, and the first ever debate between just two prime ministerial candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Other responses included singer Lily Allen changing her Twitter description to FATCHEQUEUK <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lilyallen\/status\/1196894871807758340\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to tweet<\/a>: \u201cAbout 5 people will do very well off a no deal Brexit, we are being paid by all of them. #LeadersDebate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, actor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RalfLittle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1196898481635569664&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.eu%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1233805%26action%3Dedit\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ralf Little<\/a> changed his to \u201cConservative Press nOtffice\u201d with the description \u201cNot a fact checker. Or Conservative Press Office.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>UK NATIONAL PARLIAMENT ELECTION POLL OF POLLS<\/h3>\n<p>                                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/conservatives-rename-twitter-account-factcheckuk-then-switch-back\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.K. Conservative Party press office on Tuesday night ch..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Conservatives rename Twitter account FactCheckUK, then switch back - 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