also pretended to be one. While the former was advancing pro-All Progressives Congress narratives, the latter drummed political support for Peter Obi and LP, through the pretentious vehicle of fact-checking.Usually, these websites easily sway voters or individuals who already hold a particular political stance.
In addition, they employ emotional language, sensationalism, and provocative imagery to evoke strong emotional reactions in readers. When people are emotionally charged, they’re more likely to share information without fact-checking, which can lead to the rapid spread of misinformation.Since they are not in operation to stand the test of time, values like professionalism and upholding the ethics of journalism are flagrantly neglected.
Even after being called out as a purveyor of disinformation, many of these websites simply carry on with their motive to disinform, which is the essence of their existence. Findings by TheCable revealed that Igbo Times, via its social media pages, lead readers to misleading news items on InsideNews, another news website notorious for sharing disinformation. This shows collaboration between the two platforms to mislead the public with fake quotes, images, and video clips shared out of context.Cheeks revealed that InsideNews webpage was, and updated on September 1, 2022.
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