Media Council: Social media the biggest misinformerYou are more likely to interact with fake news while listening to the radio than watching TV and reading a newspaper combined, a new report says. The Media Council of Kenya annual Status of the Media Report released today puts Social media (36 per cent) and radio (28 per cent) as the platforms often used to misreport issues. Coming ahead of the World Press Freedom Day to be marked tomorrow, the report also notes Kenya’s drop in the World Press Freedom Index. “Kenya is ranked 100 out of 180 countries listed in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Of the Social Media platforms used to receive news by the surveyed respondents, Facebook and WhatsApp were noted to be the most prominent.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2019 12:45 UTC