Mahajan said that her niece refuted the MP on Twitter saying that the former Lok Sabha Speaker was well and healthy. Mahajan questioned Tharoor and asked, “What was the urgency in announcing (the news) without confirmation?” sic.

I began realising that for citizens like me, who wanted to be more politically aware or socially conscious, there was the want of a platform that made it quick or easy to educate themselves

Here are five fundamental lessons from Journalism 101 that all citizens can learn to improve their media literacy and fact-checking skills.

Fake news and propaganda that is camouflaged as factual information to manipulate public opinion is not new – it just became easier with social media and more so with chat apps. It is also a lot more potent.

With the volume of ‘happy birthday’ messages affixed with abundant cake and flower emojis that float around, I’m compelled to believe that uncles and aunties have a huge role in single-handedly leading India to the top of the global chart of WhatsApp usage.

When our news anchors and figures of authority are the ones publishing unverified claims, then does the television-watching public have any other option but to believe what they tell us?

Shouldn’t my mother have a political opinion and voice of her own rather than imbibing it from her family?

We see a tweet, and we retweet it. We read a message and we forward it. How many of us take a moment to consider what we are about to send across to our friends and family members?

Smriti Irani’s comments on carrying blood-soaked pads into a temple have added further fuel to the raging Sabarimala issue. The Union Textile Minister was speaking at the Young Thinkers’ Conference, when the conversation veered to government’s stand on the Supreme Court’s Sabarimala verdict. On this, she said, “I am nobody to speak on the Supreme […]

The third panel discussion during Online Safety Summit focused on how the media can help propagate online safety in this age of fake news. Shaili Chopra was in conversation with Hrishikesh Kannan, Radio Producer and Host, Jency Jacob of Boom and Rohini Ramnathan, Radio Host who shared tips and views on the subject. Need for Fact Checking Chopra […]