NEW DELHI: Asserting that the din of the “breaking news syndrome” has consumed the media, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said fake news has emerged as a new menace whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint the noble profession.
The fundamental principle of restraint and responsibility has been undermined substantially in the din of the breaking news syndrome, he said while addressing a gathering at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism awards ceremony here.
Kovind said old timers would recall the magical touchstone of five Ws and H (what, when, why, where, who and how) whose answers were essential for a story to qualify as a news report.
“Fake news has emerged a new menace, whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint this noble profession,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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