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Misinformation in the Latino community

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3.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

From social media to AM radio, misinformation in Spanish-speaking communities is on the rise, outpacing the problem in English-language media.

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0:00.0

Hello there. I'm Chuck Todd and welcome to another episode of Meet the Press reports.

0:16.3

Misinformation comes in all languages, but there's growing evidence that the misinformation

0:20.2

crisis is most acute for one group in particular in this languages, but there's growing evidence that the misinformation crisis

0:20.9

is most acute for one group in particular in this country, Latinos. The most recent Pew

0:26.5

research study found that Hispanic adults are more likely to use YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat,

0:31.2

TikTok, and WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned private messaging service, they use it more than white

0:36.8

and black Americans.

0:38.0

In fact, nearly half of Latinos are on WhatsApp compared to just a quarter of the general

0:42.5

population. And not only are Latinos more likely to have social media accounts are also spending

0:47.7

more time on the platform than anyone else. And that brings us to the real problem. It lies in

0:53.6

the content they're reading. The fact is,

0:55.8

you're more likely to encounter misinformation online if you're Latino and speak Spanish than if

1:00.5

you're white and speak English. And as Morgan Radford reports, while social media platforms like

1:05.3

Facebook are expanding Spanish language fact-checking, the impact on the Latino community is already evident.

1:13.4

Susie Calderon doesn't trust the mainstream media. I don't believe in the vaccines. You do not

1:18.3

believe in the vaccines. What do you believe they will do to you? I think the vaccine has a lot of

1:22.7

chemics and they can damage your body in the long run.

1:30.7

And from where she's sitting, things are getting worse.

1:34.6

It's like they're taking away our rights. You can talk normally.

1:37.9

You have a mask in your face. People see half of your face.

1:44.7

What are some of the things you think that the mainstream media is getting wrong?

1:49.7

Well, this information, they want us to not to talk.

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