Media cooperation can help prevent fake news: Farahi — Pajhwok

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Mujahir Farahi says officials and government spokespersons are obliged to cooperate fully with the media and pay serious attention to journalists’ access to information to prevent the spread of fake news. The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) held a one-day seminar on “Enhancing Intellectual, Ideological and Professional Capacity” for journalists, media officials, writers, literary figures and young people in northwestern Faryab province. Several directors of the ministry, local officials, university lecturers and journalists attended the seminar. At the beginning of the programme, Provincial Information and Culture Director Mawlawi Shamsuddin Mohammadi said such programmes played an effective role in improving journalists’ intellectual development, strengthening religious and Islamic values, increasing professional knowledge and improving media activities. He added that the media were important tools for public awareness, social reform, cultural development and reflecting realities, and journalists had a responsibility to provide people with accurate and useful information with honesty, integrity, accuracy and adherence to professional principles. Meanwhile, Mujahir Farahi spoke about the responsibilities of journalists and the media, saying the media should convey to the public the decrees of the Amir al-Mu’minin issued for the welfare of the people and introduce the achievements of the Islamic Emirate to the people and the world. Farahi said officials and government spokespersons were obliged to cooperate…