Mockery in the name of news

Nowadays, some online news portals have a tendency to post cheap, baseless news just to attract more likes, comments and shares. In many cases, they also post news which contains huge discrepancies between the headlines and the contents. Many of the Facebook users might have come through such news headings: "Mahia Mahi committed suicide" or "Aishwarya divorced Abhishek". As we read the news, we come to know that it is either in a film or just a rumour.

This practice is indeed very disgusting and needs to be stopped. And those of us come through such items should avoid reading, commenting, giving likes or sharing those fake news.

Abu Sayem

Mohakhali, Dhaka