The recent incident involving a Ghanaian chef named Ebenezer Smith who falsely claimed through the media to have broken the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon, has been a great source of concern to many, particularly as the country prepares for its general elections in December 2024. Penplusbytes, being the hub for media and information literacy education in Ghana is equally troubled by this development. In this editorial, Penplusbytes cracks the whip, emphasizing the critical importance of verification and fact-checking as key components of media and information literacy education and urging the media to uphold these standards.