Fake-News rules: Here's how Twitterati reacted on Smriti Irani's anti-fake news rules withdrawn by PM Modi
As the Information and Broadcast minister Smriti Irani issued new guidelines for the accreditation of journalists that they will lose their accreditation if they are indulged into spreading fake news, Twitteratti were quick to react on it.
There were mixed reactions from Twitteratti. Some of them supported the move while other opposed it.
Here are some reactions from Twitteratti:
Something Trumpian in the air. This #FakeNews fight where the Media is the Enemy. While whats app forwards continue to send 'postcards' from an alternative reality 😎 or was it called 'alternative facts'
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) April 3, 2018
Breaking now: @PMOIndia calls for 'withdrawing' fake news circular. All one can say: der aye durust aye. #FakeNews
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) April 3, 2018
PM's intervention on #fakenews welcome. Media must self-regulate. Press Council though is toothless. That's where focus must lie--not gloating over "PM snub to Smriti Irani" whom a section of the media can't stand
— Minhaz Merchant (@MinhazMerchant) April 3, 2018
You must have a political death wish if you try to gag the media and piss them off one year before elections. #fakenews
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 3, 2018
First published: 3 April 2018, 16:51 ISTThe PIB circular on #FakeNews control is a brazen attempt to curb press freedom, a sure sign that the Govt has lost its way. We demand the immediate withdrawal of such a draconian move. And
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) April 3, 2018
what about #FakeNews spread by a political party on a regular basis ?
