CPMI removes DCM from fake news list after improper inclusion.
A study prepared by the Legislative Consulting Office of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Fake News incorrectly included Diário do Centro do Mundo among disinformation websites, that is, websites that publish false news.
247 - The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) on fake news acknowledged the error of including Diário do Centro do Mundo (DCM) among the disinformation websites. Alerted by the site's management that there had been an error, which causes serious material damage to DCM and moral damage to its professionals, the Legislative Consulting Office of the CPMI released new technical information.
In this new work, consultants Cristiano Aguiar Lopes and Daniel Chamorro Petersen acknowledge the improper inclusion of the site and remove it. DCM from the list.
"Prompted by the statement from Diário do Centro do Mundo, we conducted a review of this content. In this review, we observed that the content cited in the fact-checks above has been corrected or removed from the air. Therefore, we have concluded that the channel "Diário do Centro do Mundo" should be removed from the category "channel with misinformation behavior". Consequently, it will be reclassified in the attached information and removed from the list," they wrote.
One of the criteria used by the consultants to compile the list was the publication of three or more news items disputed by Agência Lupa, Estadão Verifica, Comprova, Aos Fatos, Fato ou Fake, E-farsas, and boatos.org.
Even by that criterion, DCM could not be included on the list, since, when questioned by the site's management, the Legislative Consulting firm was only able to present two pieces of content from DCM that had been disputed by fact-checking agencies.
This content was no longer on the website when the list was compiled, because as soon as its inaccuracy was verified, DCM corrected it.
What stands out in the episode is the creation of the list without DCM being able to offer its explanations.
It is also strange that the erroneous technical information was given to corporate media outlets (or the old media) without all members of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry even having had access to the document.
“I learned about the list from the newspaper, which is very strange. We did not deliberate on this technical information, which is blatantly wrong,” said Representative Luizianne Lins (PT-CE), who is a journalist and university professor in the field of communication.
Two newspapers, O Globo and Folha de S. Paulo, published the list without consulting DCM, which contributed to misinformation among their readers.
With seven years in existence, DCM is now one of the most accessed news websites in Brazil and has experienced professionals on its staff, holders of some of the main journalism awards in the country.
The website has a charter of principles, drafted by its founders, Paulo Nogueira and Kiko Nogueira, which expresses a commitment to best journalistic practices, freedom of opinion, and the defense of a socially just Brazil.
It should also be noted that the error made by the Technical Advisory team of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Fake News will not shake DCM's commitment to practicing independent and critical journalism.