Coronavirus and Fake News: 5 Tales from Latin America
Coronavirus and Fake News: 5 Tales from Latin America
From tea-induced “force fields” (yes, you read that right) to blaming migrants, misinformation is circulating widely.
The coronavirus has left many of us asking questions for which there aren’t any satisfying answers When will this end, how did it start, who has the cure And who can I trust As the outbreak expands, so too does a chain of misinformation and half-truths intended to fool, mislead or redirect blame In Latin America, this “fake news” could have serious consequences for both politics and public health With fact-checkers in the region working on overdrive, here are five of the biggest false narratives making the rounds...
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