Five ?Fakest? Fake News Spread by Indian Media

In a race to break stories and winning the TRP slab, day by day Media is losing its credibility. The media houses are watching the competition round the clock, and there’s a big price to pay for it all. Here are some major incidents that created a sensation around the country which later turned out to be ‘Fake’.

Narad Jayanti reminds the media persons of the values, ethics and objectivity in dissemination of information. But some time these values, ethics and objectivity are under serious question. Fake news is the latest trend that has not only put a question mark on the credibility of the media, but also put journalists in the dock. Not just the news has become opinionated, the irresponsible circulation of unverified news, deliberate rumour-mongering and spreading fake narrative is creating divisions within the society and even taking lives.

Subverting the Truth:

IIMC Directoral General KG Suresh on the on the menace of fake news

News- Mocked Up!: Senior Columnist Shefali Vaidya on the credibility of news media