FATO E FAKE: a apuração e suas implicações no processo de formação da notícia no telejornalismo

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of journalistic investigation amidst the phenomenon of fake news and intends to point out the main implications of this phenomenon in the process of news formation in television journalism. The increase of false news disseminated on digital social networks has been interfering with the investigation and making it difficult to form reports with accurate information. The aim of this paper is to present the process of data collection in a television station, expose the scenario of fake news since its inception, and finally, to identify the consequences of producing news in the midst of this phenomenon of untruths. This study will be conducted through bibliographic research and analytical research in qualitative technique conducting interviews with news producers of three television stations in Varginha (MG) in order to exemplify how the journalistic investigation is made in these vehicles and the difficulties encountered in producing a true material presenting the various sides of the news. The analysis points out that the investigation is the beginning of all the work of journalists responsible for checking information. In the interviewed broadcasters, there is no specialized nucleus to investigate fake news, however, awareness projects are made to clarify what is false news and the danger of deliberately sharing it with untrue information.