The BBC made a basic error in its news coverage last night, spelling the name of a Welsh town incorrectly on its primetime news bulletin. A number of viewers pointed out the error in the News at Six programme on Monday, April 3. In a segment by the BBC’s disinformation and fact-checking correspondent Marianna Spring, Merthyr Tydfil was mentioned.
The segment was looking at disaster trolls after news reports that Manchester Arena bomb survivors filed legal action against a conspiracy theorist who claims the attack was faked.
Unfortunately, when the Welsh town appeared on a UK map as part of the broadcast it was spelled differently, appearing as Mythr Tydfil.
