Fact-checking as a possibility of media accountability on political discourse?
A content analysis of the initiatives Aos Fatos, Lupa e Truco
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https://doi.org/10.21878/compolitica.2019.9.2.143Keywords:
Fact-checking, media accountability, political discourseAbstract
The paper investigates the supervisory experience of political discourse promoted by factchecking projects Aos Fatos, Lupa and Truco. The study focuses on the limits and potentials of this new media genre in triggering the accountability of public agents and supplementing the offer of arguments for citizens engaged in political debate. The analysis showed that labeling was not followed exactly and the predominance of national politics. While considering that scrutinizing misconceptions has the potential to create further political news and facts, acting as yet another external control, the pursuit of precision in politics and the ongoing confrontation
of politicians can have detrimental effects such as amplifying processes of depoliticization.
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