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Brazil: Battling Bolsonaro’s COVID misinformation | The Listening Post

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Some of Brazil’s biggest media companies have come together to combat COVID-19 misinformation – a lot of which is coming from President Jair Bolsonaro’s office.

Contributors:

Luciana Coelho - Head of COVID task force, Folha de Sao Paulo

Cristina Tardáguila - Associate director, Poynter

Laura Guimarães Corrêa - Associate professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Marcelo Lins - Journalist, GloboNews

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