It used to be that a picture was worth a thousand words, what you recorded on camera was proof enough and the written word was sacrosanct. Alas No more.
While the spurt of social media platforms has been a boon for connectivity and inclusion, its emerging role in spreading rumours and fake news has sounded alarmed bells at all levels.
News mobile has made it a mission to nick the rumours in the bud and bust the fake news.
Here is what we have been busy doing in 2018:
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/12/04/bbc-didnt-predict-win-for-bjp-in-rajasthan-dont-believe-the-fake-opinion-poll/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/11/07/no-pm-modi-did-not-ask-a-child-to-say-rahul-gandhi-papu-hai-on-stage/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/11/01/the-crowd-did-not-chant-modi-modi-during-ragas-rally-as-this-video-claims/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/11/19/amazon-is-not-selling-apple-watch-for-rs-11-heres-the-reality-behind-this-whatsapp-forward/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/10/25/no-pm-modi-is-not-paying-15-lakh-per-month-to-a-makeup-artist/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/10/06/this-is-not-an-ias-officer-or-her-father-in-the-picture/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/08/01/raga-was-not-watching-porn-on-his-phone/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/07/14/typing-gratula-in-comments-will-not-give-the-safety-status-of-facebook-account/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/07/06/relax-your-calls-and-messages-are-not-being-monitored/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/07/04/heres-the-truth-behind-the-ghostcrash/
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