Ep. 22: Fake news - The other pandemic!

This week, on a fresh new episode of Uncle Please Sit, former journalists and comedy writers Joel Pereira and Tushar Abhichandani have yet another special guest - senior print and broadcast journalist and founder of the fact-checking initiative, Boom Live and Indiaspend.in, Govindraj Ethiraj.

We've had the Covid pandemic since March, but if there's one pandemic that's even more rapidly spreading and as virulent, it's fake news and disinformation. With the spread of mobile technology and social media, what was once harmless gossip has now been weaponised for political agendas, social unrest and ratings and TRPs.

On this episode, we speak about how fake news affects lives, businesses and communities, who's responsible and how it can be fought. Click through to hear more.

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