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Lai Mohammed urges media to create fact-checking desks against fake news

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Media organisations have been suggested by the Minister of Info and Tradition, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to arrange particular desks for fact-checking to curb pretend information.

The Minister who hosted the editorial board of the Guardian Newspaper on a courtesy go to yesterday Could 25, urged media organisations in Nigeria to take his suggestion critically as it is going to assist residents separate truth from fiction.

Revealing that his workplace had acquired appeals from involved Nigerians asking the federal authorities to do one thing to stem the rising wave of pretend information and misinformation, Mohammed maintained that the media has an obligation to get its info proper and make sure that charlatans and hackers don’t dominate the media area, as it’s more and more turning into the case within the nation.

He stated;

“It’s stated that for the media to have the ability to play its position, which is to tell, criticise and stimulate debate, it should take accountability for no matter it sends out. In different phrases, it should get its info proper. However can we are saying right this moment that the majority of what we learn, hear and watch within the information are factual?”

The Minister concluded by saying that the difficulty of pretend information and misinformation was not simply in regards to the authorities alone as some have insinuated, noting that properties have been ruined and that many individuals have been pushed into despair with pretend information and misinformation.