JotCast | Editorial leadership in an age of Disinformation

Editorial leadership in an age of Disinformation

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3:58

Pratik Sinha, in one of his older tweets.

3:59

Shifting the focus, Sashi Kumar asks Dan Shelley about the vibrancy of the US press. It is quite the opposite in India where the press is majorly corporate.

4:01

Shelley says that one of the fundamental tendencies of the US media is to oppose the government in every way possible. Therefore there has been a bifocal representation.

4:02

He adds that, half of the population believes that whatever Donald Trump says is right while the other half completely opposes it. This is solely due to the misleading and confusing views represented by the media.

4:03

When asked, Pratik Sinha brings up the one question, which for him, has been left unanswered.
How media organisations remain unaffected by Corporates in the US as compared to India?

4:06

4:09

Intro to Pratik Sinha's speech at the TEDx Jaipur event.

Dan Shelley points out that journalism is both a public service as well as a business. It can be done properly even without the immense amount of advertisements.
He adds that, channels like Fox News doesn't even support cable TV.

4:11

Indian media had run sponsored news many times . Some get caught , some goes not detected.
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Krishna Prasad adds to the point made by Dan Shelley. The US constitution got its first amendment on Jul 5 that brought in the freedom of the press.

He continues to say that, the key divides India and America is that the American press has stood up and in this country we have an immeasurable issue. This internet lock down should be lifted. In 1975 supreme court had the strength to take a case where a single lawyer had the guts to challenge his colleagues about Indira Gandhi.

4:14

A member from the audience, Arthi Krishnan asks a question, "There are some news channels who represents news in a sarcastic format but do you think people perceive it as a satire or a serious news?"

4:16

Shelley says that the responsibility, in this case, resides with the journalist to educate the people on these grounds

4:17

Krishna Prasad adds, "I hope you have seen a 2012 report which shows Kim Jong Un as the sexiest man alive !"

4:19

Pratik Sinha expresses his concerns regarding media literacy. He is of the view that often journalists themselves don't know what satire is and lead to sensationalise the news.

4:20

News literacy is the need of the hour , agreed.
@free_thinker
But what measures can be taken ?
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4:23

The audience have a number of questions.
How one story made Krishna Prasad almost lose his job ? Where does the thin wire falls between curating a news and fact checking ?
How a single person is vested with the responsibility to debunk fake news ?

4:24

Taking the first question, Sashi Kumar asks Krishna Prasad about an incident which happened in 2016.

4:28

Krishna Prasad says, "There is a difference between a good and a bad editor. Good one will stand by his report. And this is about leadership. I've said it many times but Indian journalism rots from the top."

4:30

Few more questions come from the audience -
How as media organisations we don't fall into the cycle where something is trending on social media which is ever changing ?

4:32

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Remembered this conversation between Pratik Sinha @free_thinker and Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee as I am listening to the discussion - Editorial Leadership in an Age of disinformation, happening at the Asian College of Journalism. #epitomE

4:33

Krishna Prasad, puts forth his views and gives examples of Der Spiegel, one the authentic German magazines which contained many fact checkers.
"The only answer I can give is, STERN published Hitler diaries, but they turned out to be fake", he added.

4:34

He further says that journalism is the most humane enterprises on earth. People generally trust the editors.

4:37

Answering a question from the audience, he also specifies that the role of social media and internet- Facebook, Google etc is huge.
"We need to look at the revenue of people. And there's something dubious about the social platform," he says.

4:39

Bringing the issue of Kashmir turmoil and there being no hashtags that are used against the government, Sashi Kumar asks Pratik Sinha and Dan Shelley to give their opinions about the same.

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Pratik Sinha about government propaganda, as tweeted by a member of the audience.

4:41

"When truth replaced by slience, the truth becomes lie",
said by Sashi Kumar.

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Another tweet that captures the words of Sashi Kumar.

Pratik Sinha responds back by asking,
"First question is how many heads of state are given this sort of an audience? Why is Modi given access to Facebook, twitter? Why is there a huge disinformation system in India ? It can lead to riots but it has still not been taken down."

4:46

Dan Shelley also shares his opinions.
When something major occurs, media organisations have to be very sensitive in terminating a person's job and at the same time use the social media trends carefully.
It becomes inevitable to check facts and debunk fake news even more meticulously and seriously.

4:50

Pratik Sinha speaks at TEDx Jaipur about busting fake news.

4:51

Thank you so much for joining us at this panel discussion. Stay tuned for updates.

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