“It will snow in Madrid and the population receives this last minute alertas confirmed by Aemet.” The diary Sports World Last week it published a news item with this headline. “Citizens are preparing for the consequences of a cold front in the middle of the DANA”, the information published by said newspaper was subtitled.
However, this is false. It’s not going to snow in Madrid. It is about a disinformation published, and later rectifiedby Sports World. The State Meteorological Agency itself (Aemet) denied in his official X profile the “news” that indicated that it was going to snow in the capital.
Sports World rectify your misinformation
“Aemet has not confirmed anything, there is no last minute alert nor is it going to snow in Madrid in the coming days. It’s all completely false. Headlines as irresponsible as this one generate noise and misinformation.” With this post, and a screenshot of the “news” from Sports Worldthe agency denied in its official profile x that it was going to snow in Madrid in the coming days and that it had issued an alert to the citizens.
In fact, Aemet issued another message on this platform in which thanked the media for publishing the rectification about the misinformation they published.
The website of Sports World Since last November 16, it has collected a statement of errors in which the following is specified: “the reality is that Aemet did not issue any last minute alert about a possible snowfall in Madrid. Sports World regrets this error and reaffirms its commitment to the fight against disinformation.” Therefore, it is false that it is going to snow in Madrid in the coming days and that the Aemet has issued an alert to citizens.
INFOVERITAS verifies that…
Is It was false that Aemet issued an alert that it was going to snow in Madrid. The misinformation was published, and later rectified, by the newspaper Sports World. The agency itself came out to deny in its official X profile this “news”.
Sources
Official profile of Aemet in X
Faith of errors of Mundo Deportivo