In 2021, Brazil's President Jair Messias Bolsonaro made more than 1.3 thousand statements about COVID-19 containing information that the source deemed fake or distorted. This is about 45 percent more than the 914 incorrect statements Bolsonaro made about the coronavirus throughout the previous year.
Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to December 2021, by month
According to the source, a statement is deemed fake if it "contains information without any factual support" and if "available data refutes it objectively." A statement is considered distorted when it features "information factually correct, but applied with the intent to deceive" others.
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Aos Fatos. (January 6, 2022). Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to December 2021, by month [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 22, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
Aos Fatos. "Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to December 2021, by month." Chart. January 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 22, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
Aos Fatos. (2022). Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to December 2021, by month. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 22, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
Aos Fatos. "Number of Fake or Distorted Statements on Covid-19 Made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to December 2021, by Month." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/
Aos Fatos, Number of fake or distorted statements on COVID-19 made by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro from January 2020 to December 2021, by month Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118867/bolsonaro-fake-statements-coronavirus/ (last visited May 22, 2022)
