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Fake News can Weaken Democracy: Academicians
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Editors and academicians participating in a workshop on \"Fake news\" in New Delhi on Friday said a mechanism should be developed to curb the menace or it would weaken the democracy.
New Delhi: Editors and academicians participating in a workshop on "Fake news" in New Delhi on Friday said a mechanism should be developed to curb the menace or it would weaken the democracy.
The workshop was organised at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication by RSS-affiliated weekly 'Panchjanya'.
The weekly's editor Hitesh Shankar said that everyone in the media has the responsibility to investigate fake news.
"I think there is an urgent need to develop a mechanism to check the menace of fake news otherwise it can weaken the democracy," Shankar said.
Giving a presentation on fake news, director of Jammu Kashmir Study Centre Abha Khanna said a section of the media is building a narrative not favourable for the nation.
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