{"id":101575,"date":"2022-11-25T10:28:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T09:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101575"},"modified":"2022-11-25T10:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T09:28:37","slug":"2023-avoid-breaking-news-syndrome-inec-charges-media-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/2023-avoid-breaking-news-syndrome-inec-charges-media-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Avoid \u2018Breaking News\u2019 Syndrome \u2013 INEC Charges Media Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on all media organizations in Nigeria to avoid the \u2018breaking news\u2019 syndrome in their reportage as the 2023 general election draws nearer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The National Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the call in Bauchi during a one-day capacity building programme for journalists on conflict-sensitive reporting and 2023 general election.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and INEC. the programme was for journalists in the North Eastern part of the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Yakubu, represented by Alhaji Nasir Mohammed, said that the tendency for the \u2018breaking news\u2019 syndrome could result in dishing out unverified or not properly processed information to the general public.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe media must be circumspect in casting headlines and detect sensational lines because sometimes, people look at the headlines and draw conclusions without looking at the body of the report.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe media must avoid deliberate falsehood. They must also avoid tilting of stories towards religious, zonal and ethnic narratives,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Yakubu assured that INEC would continue to partner with the media not only as key stakeholders in the electoral process but also as a veritable tool for combating misinformation, fake news and malicious falsehood in the society.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also speaking, the National President, NUJ, Chris Isiguzo, represented by the National Secretary of the union, Mr Shuaibu Liman, said if there was going to be a Third World War, it would start from the social media.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He added that as media professionals, journalists need to be careful about carelessly jumping on the bandwagon of emergency journalism which thrives in canvassing support for the political parties of their sentiments using social media.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cJournalists must avoid hate journalism and fake news as these evils can destroy a society.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe advent of multimedia technology has changed the pattern and flow of communication, globally and since journalism is in the business and practice of communication, it has also been impacted upon people tremendously.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSocial media platforms have thrown up challenges and opportunities for the practice of journalism which we encourage journalists and their media organizations to fully embrace.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cJournalists need to avail themselves of the opportunities being provided by the Social Media Platforms to provide credible information and reduce the prevalence of hate speech and fake news. This will assist immeasurably in dousing tension in the polity,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The NUJ president also warned journalists and media organizations against \u2018breaking news\u2019 syndrome, adding that the issue is becoming a disease in the journalism profession.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, \u201cbecause we want to be first with breaking news, we copy and paste any rubbish from the social media and that is the danger.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAs professional media, we should learn to give the other side of the story. If there is breaking news and we are not certain, we should leave it out.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOr we take another look at it, so that we can provide a source of credible information for those who would listen, read and watch us,\u201d he said<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on all media organizations in Nigeria to avoid the \u2018breaking news\u2019 syndrome in their reportage as the 2023 general election draws nearer.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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