RajahJun says No to "Fake News"
Have you had your share of reading fake news on social media lately? These days some news on social media is distorted and is becoming widely known as "fake news". It has become a local as well as a global phenomenon on the internet. Social media is a democratizing space available to all both young and old. Sadly, this open space has now become surreptitiously available to "fake news". That's what I honestly feel; and as a blog writer, I vehemently reject "fake" news. The rampant spread of fake news is very disconcerting. It can be more insidious than mudslinging used in politics, gossips, or "blind items" and even censorship. It is a lie that is consistently upheld and eventually becomes the truth. It can lead to readers as blind followers. When I read articles on social media, I can sense fake news. It reeks of twisted lies in the guise of breaking news. Another less insidious type of fake news look-alike is the use of "c...