Check on ‘Fake’ Journalists: Time to formulate regulations

Civil society members and local residents in the districts of Reasi and Rajouri have appreciated the Jammu Kashmir government's recent directive to enforce a check on what it called ‘fake’ journalists, describing it as a long-overdue measure to curb a growing menace in the region and demanded that it is high time to check their source of income.

- AJAY SHARMA

Talking to the Northlines, score of locals said that the backlash against fraudulent media practitioners has been building for years.

They alleged that individuals armed with little more than a microphone and a smartphone are exploiting vulnerable communities through blackmail and extortion.