Covid-19, ódio e fake news no discurso presidencial: análise do conteúdo catalogado pela agência de checagem Aos fatos

Resumo (EN)

This study analyzes the fake news present in the speeches of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), with a clipping from January 2019 to July 9, 2020, and focus on the messages cataloged by the fact-checking “Aos fatos”. Of the total of 1,385 statements, Covid-19 was the subject of 523, of which 233 were classified as false and highlighted for analysis. Methodologically, a content analysis of the false narratives of the Brazilian representative is carried out, based on the concepts of Bardin (2011). In the introduction, there is an explanation about the clipping; item 2 highlights the themes of hate speech, fake news and post-truth; in 3 we discuss the checking agencies and the methodology for analyzing fake news and in item 4 we discuss the research corpus. Finally, in item 5 we outline the final considerations.