MEDIALITERACY
14 Oct 2017

Intentional misinformation

 

Why and where does misinformation come from? Media expert Samvel Martirosyan has several answers to this "philosophical question". As he mentions misinformation can be intentional, can be just unchecked as well as inaccurate by the fault of the journalist's and editor's illiteracy.


"But of course there are some cases when websites are created just to spread misinformation, -says Martirosyan. In Armenia, dissemination of misinformation is much easier. Someone opens a fake page, makes some posts, then closes the profile, but the ‘’Review of a donkey’’ spreads widely.