Learn how to spot fake news with TOI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 20.01.2020
Being educated is no guarantee against falling prey to fake news. Are you really sure those apparently sound bits of medical advice you received as forwards would pass muster with your doctor? Yet, we do often forward these in the belief that we are doing a good deed to our friends and relatives.
Clearly where you get your news from matters, since you can’t possibly be expected to yourself verify and authenticate every bit of ‘news’ you receive. This is where the print medium has an edge over other media. A newspaper once printed is for posterity, lakhs of its copies available to the public for as long as they wish to preserve it. That means we can’t – unlike other media – just erase our mistakes and pretend they never happened. So we check every bit of news we put in the paper, because credibility is the currency we deal in.
The Times Group and Dainik Bhaskar Group have launched Kaun Banega, Kaun Banayega, to ensure you don’t fall prey to the fake news malaise.
Commenting on the initiative, Sivakumar Sundaram, President – Revenue, BCCL, said, “Fake news is a modernday malaise brought on by social media. It ranges from the silly to grave ‘forwards’ having repercussions that affect the social, economic and cultural fabric of nations. As gatekeepers of the truth and as a leading newspaper company, The Times of India takes on the responsibility of educating people on the need to follow real news and not forwards. This is being done in an engaging and humorous manner through a series of films titled, Kaun Banega, Kaun Banayega. We are happy to partner with the Dainik Bhaskar Group to jointly drive this initiative.”
Girish Agarwal, Promoter-Director, Dainik Bhaskar Group, said , “Sharing a common responsibility, two of the largest media houses in the country have decided to come together to spread awareness on the menace of fake news. We will continue to work together on this issue and others of citizen and national importance.”
Scan this QR code to watch Kaun Banega Kaun Banayega videos
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 20.01.2020
Being educated is no guarantee against falling prey to fake news. Are you really sure those apparently sound bits of medical advice you received as forwards would pass muster with your doctor? Yet, we do often forward these in the belief that we are doing a good deed to our friends and relatives.
Clearly where you get your news from matters, since you can’t possibly be expected to yourself verify and authenticate every bit of ‘news’ you receive. This is where the print medium has an edge over other media. A newspaper once printed is for posterity, lakhs of its copies available to the public for as long as they wish to preserve it. That means we can’t – unlike other media – just erase our mistakes and pretend they never happened. So we check every bit of news we put in the paper, because credibility is the currency we deal in.
The Times Group and Dainik Bhaskar Group have launched Kaun Banega, Kaun Banayega, to ensure you don’t fall prey to the fake news malaise.
Commenting on the initiative, Sivakumar Sundaram, President – Revenue, BCCL, said, “Fake news is a modernday malaise brought on by social media. It ranges from the silly to grave ‘forwards’ having repercussions that affect the social, economic and cultural fabric of nations. As gatekeepers of the truth and as a leading newspaper company, The Times of India takes on the responsibility of educating people on the need to follow real news and not forwards. This is being done in an engaging and humorous manner through a series of films titled, Kaun Banega, Kaun Banayega. We are happy to partner with the Dainik Bhaskar Group to jointly drive this initiative.”
Girish Agarwal, Promoter-Director, Dainik Bhaskar Group, said , “Sharing a common responsibility, two of the largest media houses in the country have decided to come together to spread awareness on the menace of fake news. We will continue to work together on this issue and others of citizen and national importance.”
Scan this QR code to watch Kaun Banega Kaun Banayega videos
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