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Thank you for taking an initial step. An important concern highlighted in the statement & demonstrated through testimonials was the use of representative's accounts to tag journalists as being 'fake' or accuse them of pushing 'an agenda’.
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Discrediting of journalists is done without offering any proof & often targets opinions (which are personal & can’t be fake opinions) Branding of journalists as 'fake news peddler’ by official or representative accounts triggers abuse & violence.
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I request you to issue guidelines to i) Create a nuanced understanding of what misinformation is & b) help the officials understand & acknowledge how the term ‘fake news’ is weaponised against democratic discourse
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It is important to differentiate between news and opinions and analysis. A democratic political discourse is not possible if every opposing opinion is dismissed as ‘fake news’.
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@ShireenMazari1 Unless representatives start recognising that an independent press as an important part of democratic development, such attempts to publicly discredit media would continue to lead to abuse of journalists.
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