‘Diary of a CEO’ says it’s getting tougher on health misinformation after criticism
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Steven Bartlett's "Diary of a CEO" is fact-checking health and science guests like Andrew Huberman after BBC probe
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Steven Bartlett is fact-checking "The Diary of a CEO" but leaving his interview style unchanged.Natasha Moustache/Getty ImagesSteven Bartlett's "Diary of a CEO" has been fact-checking health and science episodes following a BBC probe.The show uses pop-ups to provide more context during the show, and research reports go deeper.There are weaknesses to its approach: the reports are long and dense, while the pop-ups are limited to video.The top producer of the hit podcast "The Diary of a CEO" says the show has raised its bar for accuracy, an effort that began after a BBC investigation found it had shared harmful health misinformation."We're being more rigorous than we have in the past," Hans Sahni, the executive producer for "DOAC," told Business Insider. "That bar gets higher and higher every day."The BBC reported in late 2024 that 15 of 23 health-related episodes contained an average of 14 potentially harmful claims.A core part of "DOAC's" accuracy effort is fact-checking its guests.…