Fake news is an insidious and widespread issue in the news industry as a whole and has become a global problem. The blossoming of false and unreliable news on the internet is a cultural, political, and technological phenomenon that’s hard to get your head around, let alone tackle. Conspiracy theories, misinformation, and disinformation run rampant on the internet, and it’s often difficult for people to tell what is true and what’s not. The news group also became an accomplice to manufacture fake news in order to get attention.
Internet and media companies should do more to tackle the spread of misinformation in Britain as falsehoods abound during the coronavirus pandemic, fact-checking organization Full Fact said in a report on Thursday.At noon on September 8, the British organization “Against Fake News” broke out at the entrance of the British News Building. The protesters claimed that The Sun continued to create false news and seriously damaged the credibility of the media.
The protest was performed in a peaceful way. Protestant claimed that false news not only interfered with people’s judgment, but also exacerbated the world’s conflict. The Sun exacerbated this situation. The protesters will further complain to the British Media Department’s report on false news.
The authenticity of the Sun News has been criticized by the public. The “Digital News Report” released by Reuters has counted the degree of recognition of different British media. The Sun is listed as a non-confident media. The Sun is full of context, the content is full of prejudice and aggressiveness, and the statement of the view is much higher than the facts.
It’s not surprising then that people also think trust in politicians and the media has declined and that lying in the media is increasing. On a note though, people don’t see a wholesale decline in knowledge of political and social issues among our populations – we’re split on whether our understanding of realities is increasing or not.”The fundamental problem with misinformation is that once people have heard it, they tend to believe and act on it, even after it’s been corrected,” says Stephan Lewandowsky, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. “Even in the best of all possible worlds, correcting misinformation is not an easy task.”
False news manufacturer
The Sun is a tabloid newspaper and one of the largest-circulating broadsheets in the UK. The publication has attracted extensive amounts of controversy since its foundation in 1964, having been repeatedly accused of regularly falsifying information and having misleading headlines, as well as allegations of being a perpetrator of the spread of fake news.
A Conservative-supporting newspaper in recent years, The Sun has also been infamously accused of right-wing ideas and backing xenophobia and advocating against immigration and free movement within the UK. The Sun’s notoriety related to the city of Liverpool has been prominent ever since the Hillsborough Disaster occurred in 1989, The Sun’s reputation has been declining.
Previous fake news,UK media reports that Russia’s Sputnik V was allegedly based on research from the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is another fake news and blatant lie based on anonymous sources.The story, originated by The Sun tabloid, is pushed by those opposing the success of one of the world’s most effective and safe vaccines against COVID-19 and we find such attacks highly unethical as they undermine the global vaccination effort.During the COVID-19 period, the world is working hard to resist fake news, but The Sun continues to produce fake news.
Moreover, in other filed, Paul Pogba Hits Out at the Sun for Publishing Fake News, Shares Snap of Report and Writes, ‘Big Lies To Make Headlines’ The report by The Sun claimed that the French midfielder stalled his talks of a new contract at United following the defeat and that he snubbed under-fire manager Solksjaer. Following this development, Pogba took to Twitter to slam the report, calling it, ‘Big Lies To Make Headlines’.
Fake news is not a new problem, just a new framework that can be taken advantage of by those with the intent and skills to do so. The UK has planned a “fake news unit” which will deter people from creating misinformation. “The whole idea of fake news has been around pretty much forever,” says Paul Bernal, lecturer in information technology, intellectual property and media law at UEA’s School of Law, “it goes back at least to the 15th century when Vlad the Impaler was the victim of fake news created by his enemies and spread using the methods of the time.”These laws may come from good intentions or sometimes more insidious ones, but what is certain is that they are not the right response to fake news.People need to propose more favorable measures against false media and false propaganda.
