Unauthored Fatwas in the Media and the Duty of Scholars

Question:
A questioner says: Many of the contemporary fatwas published about people through modern media, such as television channels, the internet, and others, lack scientific grounding and may even contradict explicit texts of the Shari'ah. If you, may Allah preserve you, were to address what is published on such channels and in such fatwas, we know this would clarify the truth for the people. Also, if you had a website on the internet that would benefit both the near and the far, what is your opinion?

Answer:
There is no doubt that these misguided fatwas are a danger to the Muslims. They stem from one of two things: either ignorance of religious matters and a lack of scientific grounding, and the ignorant one produces wonders. The second thing is that they are issued from desire, from the desires of the souls, and may Allah protect us from that.
And this is more severe and more dangerous. This is more severe and more dangerous if it is from desire, and he knows the truth but turns away from it due to the desire in his soul; then the matter is more dangerous and more severe. In any case, it does not escape these two matters, and both are dangerous. They are two matters, the sweetest of which is bitter, as the people say.
As for what is obligatory upon scholars regarding these fatwas and these ideas, there is no doubt that it is obligatory upon scholars to resist them, block them, and expose their falsehood. This is by having a media channel and fighting these matters, refuting these ideas and these fatwas. If the people of falsehood know that the people of truth are watching them, they will cease their evil. Otherwise, they will become bold, and people will be deceived by them and say, "These are the scholars." If there is no one from the people of knowledge who stands in the face of these people, they become the scholars in the perception of the people. Yes.