US EditionMilei Creates Government Unit to Fight Media Falsehoods — And the Numbers Show Why
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Milei Creates Government Unit to Fight Media Falsehoods — And the Numbers Show Why
Key Points Argentina’s president launched an Official Response Office on X to publicly debunk stories his government considers false, gaining 43,000 followers within hours Only 32% of Argentines trust media, interest in news collapsed from 77% to 42% since 2017, and 45% actively avoid news — numbers that explain why Milei acted Critics call it […]
The government of Javier Milei announced this Thursday the creation of an Official Response Office of the Argentine Republic, an account in X to "disprove" what it interprets as lies of the media against its management.
The influential association of the Argentine media Adepa expressed in a statement its "concerning" about this account, which "shares the presupposition that someone is lying".
The Argentine Presidency opened a "Official Response Bureau" which President Javier Millie described as having the aim of "missing lies and media manipulations" about government actions, worrying about journalists.
Javier Milei’s government created and launched an Official Response Office on Thursday. His role will be, as the president detailed on his social networks, “unmasking lies and media operations.” The initiative takes place in a context of tense relationship between ultra-government and journalism. This week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned about the use by Milei and his officials of “a hostile rhetoric to stigmatize journalists.” Continue rea…
In its first post, the account explains that 'it was created to actively demean the lie'
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- 46% of the sources lean Right
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