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Bhuvan Gupta
6:50
NR: I think quite a lot that George Rock says good investigation makes good journalism. Journalism should advocate itself as fact checker and verifier. This can make a difference. It should be promoted by advertising.
Google is parasitical, as far as advertising at Google and Facebook gets 90% of ad money.
6:53
There is a lot of support for government regulations in India. It's time to challenge the platforms, just like Europe, without highly restrictive laws, says N Ram.
Time for some questions from the audience.

Radha, ACJ student from Radio stream: As a layperson, how to figure out what's genuine and what's fake as news?
6:55
Srinivasan from The Hindu Business Line: The survey does not establish a relationship between good journalism and trust. What should be the successful business plan in that case?
6:57
The panelists are now replying, one by one.

KP: In Kerala, students are undergoing one-day mandatory classes on detecting fake news. It is a tautology. News can either be fake or be news. They can't and shouldn't go together.
6:58
NR: Paid news is outright corruption. Both journalists and media organizations are responsible for that.
6:59
NR: I urge journalists to become whistle-blowers. You would be the first ones to know that the news is fake. Be the ones to bat against this disease.
7:05
CP: With respect to Google and Facebook, we have to use anti-trust. They are taking the benefit of distributing news that is usually generated by others.

The corporatization of media has led to this problem. Profiteering has replaced good journalism.
7:07
CP: A set of laws should be introduced to deal with paid news, and the state should be used to challenge it. They generate news in order to get revenue from advertising.
7:08
RK: Newspapers who ask for subscription are both trusted and trustworthy in my view. They should be encouraged more.
7:09
Time for another round of questions from the audience.
7:12
Aamir, ACJ student from the Print Stream: Your report says that the government should curb fake news. But you also added that they are the ones who are spreading it. Why would the government even want to curb fake news?
do you think Indian journalist can be morderator of public discussion on online platform?
7:13
Nikita Gautam, ACJ student from Nepal, from the Print Stream: How to create advocacy to attain good readership?
Athira Madhav from Asiaville: Do you think Indian journalists can be the moderators of public discussion on the online platform?
7:15
The panelists are now replying to the questions.

NR: The Election Commission mentioned the framed rules of conduct on the online platform, seeing the upcoming elections. There are a number of cases filed against the vulnerable citizens who happened to voice their opinions. But, it's election time. It can't happen all the time.
7:19
NR: As journalists, you advocate the benefits of the good journalism that society garners.
7:21
NR: At the industry level, there are many rowdy and corrupt elements. You need to weed them out through campaigning and advocacy.
7:22
KP: Fake news and distortion have come up many times. In many democracies, we've seen how social media has played a key role in spreading information, and discrepancies like Brazil and Sri Lanka.
What we've found is that there are countries that are switching off social media before the elections.
We should worry about the state of regional media online
7:23
NR: 48 hours before elections, it has to stop; or it may invite punishment under section 126 of the constitution.
7:25
That brings us to the end of today's session. Thanks for joining us.
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