Worried that the BBC is going to start replacing all instances of ‘cuts’ with ‘savings’ in their reports, and drive you mad with rage?

We have the solution.

Say hello to the ‘Honestificator’, by Robert Manuel of b3ta.com (with thanks to @bengoldacre).

He says:

Ben Goldacre wrote me an email, “Apparently the govt have leaned on the bbc to use the word “savings” instead of “cuts”. be nice if someone made something that resubstituted “cuts” back in. “thehonestificator”. whatever.”

Two seconds of googling for “search replace bookmarket” finds me this script by sixthgear, which I can quickly hack to make the BBC tell the truth.

So this is how it works.

1. You drag this link –> The Honestificator <– to your bookmarks bar in your browser and it should become a bookmark.

2. Go to a BBC story where they’re trying to be desperately nice to Tory ‘savings’.

3. Press the link you just saved and it will tell you the truth!

Much thanks to @RobManuel again.

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