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“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.” 1984, George Orwell.
And then came Trump… or did he? Journalists all over the world hold their heads in despair, some even in shame. We are all tarred now with the ‘fake news’ brush, fingers point at traditional/mass media and the verdict is that we are all guilty. We’ve apparently eroded the confidence of our audiences by taking sides and peddling lies, and we have damaged democracy in the process.
The fact is, journalists are easy scapegoats in societies enamoured of their new social media friends, who aren’t quite ready to accept their part in propagating what we have come to call ‘fake news’. Who hasn’t shared, liked and praised stories, memes or pictures without fact-checking them, just because they came from someone familiar, even if vaguely so?
India Covid-19: Misleading claims shared about vaccines
By Shruti Menon
image captionLike other countries, India has seen misleading claims about vaccines being shared widely
India started its Covid vaccination programme on 16 January, and in the days before and since then, various claims about vaccines have been doing the rounds on social media.
The government has urged people to have the vaccines, and to ignore rumours and disinformation .
Here s the truth behind some widely-shared claims.
Claim: The vaccine will make you impotent
A politician from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh recently claimed this - but offered no evidence at all.