United States Consul Gen Jennifer Larson worries on risk brought on by disinformation in media

Hyderabad: Jennifer Larson, Consul General, United States Consulate General, Hyderabad, talked to reporters regarding the risk postured by disinformation and also the value of identifying and also unmasking incorrect stories prior to they get in conventional coverage.

“There have always been actors looking to spread false information and journalists have always been on the front lines of identifying that information and preventing it from circulating among the broader public,” she stated at the certification honors event of the training program on “Countering Disinformation for Telugu TV Journalists” at the CFRD structure on the OU university below onTuesday

Consul General Larson stated that “It’s important that we work as hard as we can to spot disinformation, because the stakes are high. The whole point of democracy is that we come together as individuals, argue about what we think our elected officials should do, and then hold those elected officials to account. But we can’t do that if we’re working with bad information.”

Professor D Ravinder, Vice Chancellor, Osmania University gave thanks to the United States Consulate General, Hyderabad, for picking the 104-year- old academic institute to train Telugu reporters to respond to disinformation. He told just how incorrect info produced difficulty in scholastic setups.

Prof Stevenson Kohir, Project Coordinator and also Head, Department of Journalism and also Mass Communication at OU, shared the favorable effect produced by the first-of-its-kind training program performed for Telugu television reporters.