Jang Group, the torchbearer of media freedom, has exposed its hatred for social media through editorial of its Urdu daily.
The editorial said that social media is no match to the mainstream media. It said that the information generated on digital platforms cannot be believed to be true.
It also cited an example of the news regarding the closure of educational institutions from September 6 to 30 which later turned out to be fake.
The editorial piece also said the social media has been brimmed with sensational information since the outbreak of coronavirus.
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It also blamed social media for causing mental, economic, and social damage through the spread of fake news.
The article in the editorial section of Jang has exposed the duplicity of the media group.
The media outlet blaming the social media for spreading fake news is actively campaigning against the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) which is primarily focused on stopping the proliferation of bogus news.
The social media users have commented that it is because of the social media that subsidiaries of Jang Group get traffic on the websites.
They said that the hatred of the media group towards social media while being a beneficiary of it is beyond comprehension.