President Kovind urges journalists to pursue truth over ratings at annual RNG press awards
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If the press is to remain relevant, it must reassert its commitment to truth and reject the spectre of ‘fake news,’ Indian President Ram Nath Kovind told an audience at the yearly Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. “Fake news has emerged a new menace, whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint this noble profession,” Kovind said at the event in New Delhi on Monday.
