Prof Abigail Ogwuezy – Ndisika of Mass Communication Department, University of Lagos, has called on stakeholders in the media industry to put the machinery in place to check fake news.
Ogwuezy-Ndisika, who was the keynote speaker at the Delta Online Publishers Forum’s (DOPF) 2018 convention held in Asaba, Delta State, noted that politicians were using fake news which she described as a divisive tool to achieve political interest.
Stakeholders at the event charged members of DOPF to distinguish themselves by not being purveyors of fake news.
The Chairman of the occasion, Mr. Michael Ikeogwu, who is also the Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, while speaking, highlighted the dangers of fake news and, therefore, urged media practitioners not to follow the trend.
Discussants at the event include the National Chairman of the Committee for…
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