Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- Catching cruise with content creation on a faked rape claim feels like a sign of the times, an age where attention is currency and virality is victory. Growing up, I often heard a familiar refrain whenever I buried my face in a newspaper: "All these newspaper stories are lies." It puzzled me. I struggled to understand how an entire profession built on reporting could be dismissed with such sweeping suspicion. Yet that myth persisted among many locals who believed newspapers manufactured drama simply to sell copies. I sometimes wonder whether that skepticism has truly faded or merely migrated from print to pixels.



Today, the theatre has changed. The stage is no longer confined to ink and paper; it is the glowing scr...