SHUT UP: Telemundo Teams Up with Google News for Misinformation ´Tool´ En Español

Kathleen Krumhansl | January 21, 2022
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JOSE DIAZ-BALART: Julio, you and I are also now ambassadors with Telemundo for a new program with Poynter institute and Google News that tackles disinformation in Spanish. Talk to me about the importance of that issue.

JULIO VAQUEIRO: I'm very excited about this one, Jose, because I think it's a great initiative. Basically what we're trying to do is to give tools to our audience for them to be able to distinguish what is true and false in the news. You know, we talk a lot about fake news in this country but everything is in English and we have more than 40 million people speaking Spanish at home who depend in social media to get in touch with family members around the country and around the world. The Latino community uses a lot the internet and the social media to get informed. So we are giving them resources for them to be able to know what's true and what's not, what's fake news and what's not. So I'm very excited to join this initiative and to be able to work together in this.

DIAZ-BALART: And, more information in pointer.org, right? In both English and español.

VAQUEIRO: That´s right. Also in Telemundo.com people can find out more about this and more resources.

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