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Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, arranged a dialogue titled "Confronting Misinformation in Bangladesh". The discussion was held at a hotel in Sylhet on 27 February.

This dialogue was the fourth of a series of dialogue and training sessions under a joint project by CGS and the U.S. Department of State. The project aims to organize a series of dialogues with senior editors, journalists, professional fact-checkers, and social media influencers to understand how misinformation is reproduced and recalculated in Bangladesh. Present at the event were members of various media organizations in Bangladesh. The key speakers at the dialogue were:

Zahid Newaz Khan, Chief News Editor, Channel i. Al Azad, Senior Journalist, Sylhet.

According to Zahid Newaz Khan, fake news has existed alongside concrete news from the dawn of history but the internet and social media have added a broader dimension to the dissemination of fake news. Cross-checking is one of the most crucial issues of news reporting and publishing news without fact-checking indicates the quality of journalism.

He advised the ground cross-checking because journalists cannot rely on the news they hear from sources or rumors or imposed by authority. This might get hectic but there is no alternative to authentic news sources except on-the-ground reporting.

News Courtesy:

https://dailyasianage.com/news/302543/journalists-discuss-ways-to-confront-misinformation?fbclid=IwAR0hpCvPezpvpgOzxPi7mz9BE-JmEbTBlAswimXeKGl0Ch4PlLYXVgFY7ag