The global news behemoth BBC has come out with an ambition plan to fight the menace of fake news. Fake news is creating a huge decline in global audiences’ trust in news overall. To achieve the tough objective, BBC will have a major focus on global media literacy, and do a live global broadcast bringing together young people from around the world to discuss how trust in media can be restored.
The international broadcaster will build on the work that has already been done by School Report in the UK. It will also be developing materials that can be rolled out globally to help young people combat fake and false news and information.
The literacy programmes will be run across the world including India (Mumbai and Delhi).
According to BBC Director, news and current affairs Fran Unsworth, “The BBC has already been doing a lot to tackle the scourge of fake news – whether through Reality Check fact-checking claims and coming to a judgment, our journalists going into schools to educate youngsters or this brilliant game we’re launching in the UK today.”
He added: “Fake news is a global problem. It is vital people have access to the news they can trust – and know how to distinguish between fact and fiction. Broadcasters and the rest of the news industry have a responsibility to tackle fake news, and I want to use the BBC’s global reach to lead the way.”
Source: http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/international-news/item/12439-bbc-ups-its-ante-against-fake-news
The literacy programmes will be run across the world including India (Mumbai and Delhi).
According to BBC Director, news and current affairs Fran Unsworth, “The BBC has already been doing a lot to tackle the scourge of fake news – whether through Reality Check fact-checking claims and coming to a judgment, our journalists going into schools to educate youngsters or this brilliant game we’re launching in the UK today.”
He added: “Fake news is a global problem. It is vital people have access to the news they can trust – and know how to distinguish between fact and fiction. Broadcasters and the rest of the news industry have a responsibility to tackle fake news, and I want to use the BBC’s global reach to lead the way.”
Source: http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/international-news/item/12439-bbc-ups-its-ante-against-fake-news
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