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          MAKING SENSE OF MEDIA LIES Deconstructing Fake News to Understand its Genesis Often the prosumer (producer who also is the consumer and vice versa) market culture of social media platforms, along with their lack of strong editorial policies, are held responsible for the misinformation epidemic. Though the role of social media in spreading the misinformation is quite evident, this doesn’t mean traditional media is completely innocent and one should n...

         FACT-CHECKERS ON THE WEB                Social Media Warriors Have Arrived In India, in 2018 alone, at least 25 people have been lynched or beaten to death over a fake WhatsApp message. Growing internet penetration, low level of media literacy and rapidly decreasing credibility of traditional media have compounded the problem, triggering the process of ‘fact-checking.’ In an era when distrust of politicia...