Journalism Practice - Taming the Monster of Fake News

The deliberate publication of fake news by any media organization or online network is an aberration in journalism practice. And such sophist intentions and dissemination of falsehood to the people through the virtual media social media and old media is a depravity against humanity to spread mischief acrimony crises disease corruption and squalor. It is total negation of journalism values and news values. Thus this book examines the concept of newsworthiness in the wake of resurrection of the ghost of fake news in this digital age which was the practice in the age of ignorance when unlettered men abound as journalists. It investigates the ideological constructs of news because it is a violation of journalism practice for any organization to base its ideology on the publication of fake news. This study highlights news production process in tandem with the socio-cultural interests political philosophy and economic interests of the sponsors financiers and owners of the media. The text critically examines factors of news or factors of newsworthiness in relation to the concept of fake news. The twelve factors of news negates fake news.