CA’s press secretary urges journalists to fight Indian media’s misinformation campaign with truth

Bangladesh desk:  Bangladesh interim government chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam has encouraged journalists and editors to talk to the Indian media to confront the misinformation campaign coming from some of the Indian media outlets and their social media platforms.

‘We must tell our stories our way. Else, they will set our narrative according to their liking,’ he said, highlighting the importance of getting empowered by the truth to fight against misinformation campaign.

Alam, in Facebook post from his verified account, said Indians should know that smart people also live in its Eastern border and a few months back these people ousted a ‘brutal dictatorship’ in one of the finest revolutions in human history.

The press secretary said he was happy to see some of the journalists were speaking to the Indian media, especially their TV stations.

‘Many of us were afraid that we would struggle against the verbal onslaught of their TV hosts,’ Alam observed.

He said some had defied fears and they are ‘boldly telling our side of the story.’

Alam said they had realised that it was time to confront an ‘industrial scale misinformation campaign’ coming from some of the Indian media outlets and their social media platforms.

The press secretary said he knew they would make mistakes and they would also be intimidated.

‘Some may get the impression that the Indians are smarter people. But believe me, if you are empowered by the truth, no misinformation campaign can stop you,’ Alam said.