O papel das agências de checagem frente à desinfodemia

Abstract

This research aimed to address the role of checking agencies (or fact-checking) during a pandemic caused by the coronavirus in 2020, more precisely between the months of March to December, in order to understand how to combat the spread of related misinformation disease and virus can be associated with a public health issue; Think about whether the checking model could come to be understood in some way as a journalistic manifestation related to the concept of gatekeeper. For this purpose, three Brazilian news checking agencies were evaluated, the agencies Lupa, Aos Fatos and Boatos, org, asking questions about the country's misinformation and reflections on the agencies' performance in the pandemic scenario. Finally, this monograph sought to reflect, based on the agencies' responses, on the paths that can be followed to fight a disinformation pandemic, as well as on the role of journalism in this particular context.