The cofounder of the Brazilian fact-checker #AosFatos, #TaiNalon, is quoted in an article written on #UOL as stating:

“In democracies still not totally consolidated as is #Brazil, which is going through a moment of high polarization and of institutional fragility, there is a strong lack of trust in institutions and in authorities. [...] We won't be able to be a well-informed society for as long as those in positions of total or partial authority (judges, scientists, teachers, the press) are attacked because of their political agendas.”

In other words, she implies that judges, scientists, teachers, and the press are unfairly distrusted (“attacked”) because they have a political agenda. She implies that they should be believed just because of their titles, not their ideological position.

Now, who will the people believe in if there is not a consensus among judges, scientists, teachers, and the press? Who's going to decide which group of judges, scientists, teachers, and of the press we should believe in?

#fakenews #misinformation #disinformation

A news media outlet called #VEJA, known for its leftwing position, posting #fakenews and #misinformation more often than not, posted an article saying that the biggest criminal faction in #Rio, #ComandoVermelho, has been sheltering mercenaries with military experience from #Africa and #EastEurope to help train CV members in #Brazil.

The article says CV has over 5,000 rifles, 30,000 members, currently controls most of the drug business, and has dangerously grown in the neighboring states of #Acre (which borders #Bolivia and #Peru) and #Amazonas (#Colombia, #Peru, and #Venezuela).

One controversial thing about this article is the fact that it was based on information provided in a #WhatsApp group, and this group exposed personal information from an American, claiming that he's been involved in training CV members. He posted a video saying he's not doing that, that he's married to a Brazilian, also that he filed a report at the police, and finally he made an appeal to #Bolsonaro by offering military and #lawenforcement personnel training for free.

#riodejaneiro #cvermelho #unitedstates #americans #drugs