Lupa Agency partially corrects its fake news but does not retract it.
The agency that claims to verify fake news and which labeled as false the episode of the rosary sent and blessed by Pope Francis to former President Lula, changed its label to "under observation - monitoring" and added in its statement that Juan Grabois recounts a meeting with the pontiff, when he asked for the blessed rosary to bring to the political prisoner; however, Agência Lupa neither retracted nor apologized for the notification sent by Facebook to websites such as 247, DCM, and Fórum.
247 - The Lupa Agency, which aims to verify fake news, partially corrected the fake news it created about the episode involving Vatican advisor Juan Grabois, who tried to visit Lula in Curitiba last Monday, the 11th, and gave him a rosary sent and blessed by Pope Francis.
The agency labeled the rosary incident as "false," based on a Vatican note that no longer exists.The Vatican News, the official Vatican news outlet, published a statement saying that Grabois was attempting to visit Lula in a personal capacity and that the rosary had not been sent by the Pope. The Vatican News social media posts were deleted on Tuesday, as was the statement on its official website later.
On Wednesday afternoon, more than 24 hours after loudly accusing websites such as Brasil 247, DCM, and Fórum of spreading fake news, and prompting a notification from Facebook against these portals, Lupa changed the label from "false" to "under observation - monitoring" in its statement about the case and altered the title from "Pope did not send rosary to Lula" to "#WeVerified: Pope Francis and the rosary for Lula".
Lupa added to its note the news that Juan Grabois published a letter to Lula.In the account, he describes a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican, when he asked for a blessed rosary to bring to Lula. The Pope expressed concern about the former president's situation.
Even with Grabois' letter proving that the rosary was indeed sent and blessed by the Pope directly to Lula, the Lupa Agency neither retracted nor apologized. Furthermore, the Lupa's Twitter posts proving the story false continues to be broadcast. Check it out here Lupa's note.
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