Pope Francis called on Friday that fake news, especially that related to vaccines, be fought, but respecting and “without isolating” those who believe in them, during his speech to the international consortium of Catholic media.
Francis warned, as in his recent document for the Day of Communication, that “in addition to the pandemic, the infodemic has spread, that is, the distortion of reality based on fear, which in global society echoes and comments on falsified or even invented news. “, he said.
He highlighted that sometimes “information and the circulation of so-called scientific opinions can generate confusion”, and, therefore, he proposed “making an alliance with scientific research on diseases” and explained that “being correctly informed, being helped to understand based on on scientific data and not on fake news, is a human right”.
Francis also emphasized that it is necessary to be against “lies”, but “always in favor of the people” and that “although it is necessary to fight fake news, people must always be respected because they often unconsciously adhere to them”.
“We will try to work for correct and true information about covid-19 and vaccines, but without digging ditches, without isolating, so that a crisis does not turn into conflict”, he added.
Regarding the search for truth among communicators, the pope said that “this search cannot be taken from a commercial perspective, to the interests of the powerful, to the great economic interests”
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