Baseless news

By Muhammad Abdullah Dhaka
23 July 2005, 18:00 PM
A couple of days ago a sensational news item was carried by one of the local newspapers. The story was on alleged desecration of the Holy Koran by a virgin in Oman and she was, according to the report, reduced to a beast by virtue of some divine decree. As far as I know no other paper printed this news. So I can definitely say the story is baseless and false. Our religion does not support this kind of falsification.

Now my question is how can they cover such kind of news that misguide the people? If it happens frequently the media will lose its credibility.