Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- In the pretext of asking questions, a former press officer of Begum Khaleda Zia, weaved a display of lies at US State Department briefing falsely attributing a quote to the foreign minister, a move academics say further exposes an absence of fact-checking process in such a press conference.

Poising as journalist, Musfiqul Fazal Ansery, before asking his questions, gave two paragraphs of observations, that journalists consider, lacks any sort of objectivity and deals with outright lies that should have been avoided by any professional journalists.

"Indian election interference has also been surfaced to keep Sheikh Hasina in power,the foreign minister asserts India's support for the victory", said Ansery while in reality ...