Posts Tagged ‘fake news’

New York Review of Books (newsletter)February 25, 2023 Vanessa Barbara, interviewed by Willa Glickman This article is part of a regular series of conversations with the Review’s contributors; read past ones here and sign up for our e-mail newsletter to get them delivered to your inbox each week. “The following is a description of a video that I did not watch,” […]

Lula’s election comes as a relief to many Brazilians, but in this historically violent and unequal country, a void in the democratic field endures. New York Review of BooksFebruary 23, 2023 issue by Vanessa Barbara A truism for our times: a story doesn’t need to be factual to go viral. In June 2020, not long […]

The New York TimesMay 4, 2022 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — When Elon Musk reached a deal to acquire Twitter, right-wing Telegram groups in Brazil went wild. Here at last was a muscular champion of free speech. Even more, here was someone who — […]

The New York Times4 de maio de 2022 por Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Read in English | Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brasil — Quando Elon Musk fechou um acordo para comprar o Twitter, os grupos brasileiros de direita no Telegram foram à loucura. Ali estava, enfim, um poderoso defensor da liberdade de expressão. Mais […]

The New York TimesJuly 5, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Hydroxychloroquine is not effective against Covid-19. No. Definitely not. But Brazilians still aren’t sure. After all, just the other day a friend’s cousin forwarded a headline on WhatsApp claiming that all I.C.U. beds in the city of Miracatu […]