Popular Television network, Arise TV has come under fire on social media for spreading fake news against the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday.
In a live broadcast on the station, it announced an untrue information off a doctored press release, claiming it came from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which the body has come out to refute as fake.
The fake press release which the station gave a broadcast to was titled: ‘CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF ORDER OF CRIMINAL FORFEITURE AGAINST APC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOLA AHMED TINUBU IN THE UNITED STATES’
INEC, in response, via its Twitter page, alerted the public to disregard the information as it never came from them as escalated by ARISE TV.
Nigerians have since slammed the station for its barefaced bias and hate towards the APC standard bearer which the current event has lended credence to with the station being the only media platform that gave spread to the fake press release.
Tweeps have called them out, demanding heavy sanction be placed on them for their unprofessionalism and lack of due diligence towards information dissemination.
Read tweets below;
Honestly @AriseTv goofed big time. They failed some of the true test of quality journalism which is “truth” and “verification” at it takes is a phone call to INEC for verification of that fake press release. Now see the embarrassments ??♀️ https://t.co/ndU8Pq02U5
— Larosa?? (@roseokpete) November 12, 2022
Arise TV is an amplifier of fake news fabricated by “Oracle of Fake News”.
— IGBOMINA (@Optimistic_Ade) November 12, 2022
Foolish media channel. You people are nothing but bloggers in the name of TV station
— EkeDavid (@EkeDavid01) November 12, 2022
This is the height of your stupidity and you all in charge of this fake document just passed the threshold of sanity to the realm of insanity and the game is on.@ARISEtv is now working hand in hand with fugitive journalist and propagator of fake news @DavidHundeyin to mislead pic.twitter.com/TJC6ZsPD6C
— BATifiedOMOLUABI (@Iam_Adekunley) November 12, 2022
Shameful and Hateful. You are so thrilled that you couldn't wait to air it without clarification. You will tender a public apology while eating your humble pie like AIT did eons ago.
— Seun Taiwo (@Seuntee_Papa) November 12, 2022
Arise TV fast becoming defunct SR.
Once upon a time, credible mainstream media, turnt scape goat for obidiots and their constant puerile lies.All you could have done was; Fact check. This is country, you shouldn't burn with emotions.
— Muhammad❤ (@AdekunleAbolaj1) November 12, 2022
Tinubu must sue arise tv
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BAT must sue arise tv
BAT must sue arise tv— Ayobami Olalekan (@Ayobami95165852) November 12, 2022
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— The King (@TheKingGreat1) November 12, 2022
Let's shut down @ARISEtv. They have decided to venture into dirty politics, so let's play it dirty with them#ShutdownAriseTv https://t.co/eNJZNwxSKt
— The King (@TheKingGreat1) November 12, 2022