I think it is the best time to share some points, which I
gone though the articles or recent reports:
If someone look for Wikipedia,
the new generation information power house, you may get the following information
about Fake News!!
“Fake news is written and
published usually with the intent to mislead in order to damage an agency,
entity, or person, and/or gain financially or politically, often
using sensation, dishonest, or fabricated headlines to increase readership. Similarly, these stories and
headlines earn advertising revenue from this activity”
The brains behind the Fake
news has started this from very older time itself and now they have the option of
Social Medias for spreading it much faster than what we image. As per the latest Research reports, it has
found that false political information tends to spread “3 times” faster than
other false news!! Its very much worrying
information for the people who becomes the victims of this face news. Fake news and scandals often seem more
believable than the truth and always leading to racism, harassment, and damage
to reputation.
The most common fake stories
we hear about our politics and political leaders, but we cannot undermine the
impact how it badly affection on society in general. For an example, by publishing a fake news, sometimes
it will reach to 100% people and in the first instance, these new will get
acceptance and they will believe the same too.
After few hours or days, the affected people or parties will come out
with the real news and will try to spread the fact through available medias to
make the society aware about the fake news.
Unfortunately, most of the cases, the real news or fact will reach only
to 75-80% of the people and the rest 20-25% will remain trusted on the Fake
News. The purposeful creator of this
fake news will come out with ‘an apology’ and he will realize that his
intention gets realized with 20-25% people.
As a serious concern to us, it
is reported that fake news in India has led to episodes of violence between
castes and religions, interfering with public policies. It often spreads
through the Social media networks and even though satellite network
channels. Some individuals or paid
agencies may be the intentional creators of this fake news, which can give extra
ordinary and huge advantage to the Promoters, for whom, the result will be always
beyond their imagination.
If some one sincerely think
for taking steps to stop it from the bottom lever and if the Government would
cancel the accreditation of journalists found to be sharing fake news, it will
immediately invite criticisms like “attack on Freedom of Press”. It is also feared that
it may convert as a weapon to tackle the opponent, just like some other laws.
Being an ordinary citizen, what
we can do is to Analyze news before believing it… On all matters, Self-analyzing will help us
to take the right path. Don't become the megaphones of others...
