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We all are well aware of the trend of forwarding “ fake news ” which came to light recently. There were ads and hoardings everywhere saying “Beware of fake messages” “Trust the print media”. But can we? Today we will be talking about the independence of media, an issue which has become extremely important in today’s generation.  Media independence  is the absence of external control and influence on an institution or individual working in the media. It is a measure of one's capacity to "make decisions and act according to its own logic without any fear or restriction. The issue has gained so much popularity recently which could be seen from an incident that happened a few weeks back. A person sent the obituary of “Media” to be printed in The Hindu and the newspaper actually printed it! With profound regret we announce the demise of Ms. Media, beloved daughter of Mr. Freedom, and wife of Ms. Truth.           ...

Does this ever happen with you that you're really sure of something but in reality it's not there? "Bro correct your spelling it's Looney toons, not tunes" "No, it's tunes only. Check on the internet" What?? When did it become tunes? You know that it was spelled with a hyphen but suddenly one day it's not and people say to you that "It has always been like that". How do you explain this strange feeling that you're very sure it wasn't like this? This strange feeling has a name and it is called "The Mandela effect" . The Mandela effect occurs when a large group of people believes an event occurred when it did not. It is also described as “collective false memories.” A large group of people collectively always say a particular saying or memory a certain way when, in reality, the truth is different from memory. How did this term originate? The origins of this term could be traced back to Nelson Mandela. Many people remembe...