The misinformation and hoaxes generated around the catastrophe of the DANA in Valencia have been on the lips of many of those who starred last Thursday at the Ondas 2024 Awards. One of them has been the journalist Jordi Évolewhich received an award for its special program on the 20 years of 11-M, and which has been clear and forceful when referring to these hoaxes on the networks that have also had Iker Jimenez and your program Horizon at the center of the controversy.
“It seems to me that in a time of flooding, such as DANA, the most difficult thing to find is drinking water. In an information flood like this, the most difficult thing to find is drinking information,” Évole said in an interview for Sports World.
For this reason, Évole has encouraged citizens to contrast all the information that comes to them: “To look for it, to contrast it and no longer settle for the first version of things not even with the first WhatsApp your brother-in-law sends you,” he indicated.
The journalist has also given his opinion on the fact that there television programs that give voice to those hoaxes, as happened in the case of the program Horizon.
Without directly mentioning the space that Iker Jiménez presents in Cuatro, Évole has not hesitated to throw a hint at him. “I think everything is going too fast and it cannot be contrasted enough. There are people who, in addition, the limits of the contrast are a little low and then it is the perfect breeding ground for misinformation,” he declared.
During his meeting with the press at the gala prior to the Ondas Awards, Évole also considered that journalists They do not have “a highly valued profession”in reference to the proliferation of misinformation in society and the distrust it generates.
Regarding the progress of newspapers such as The Vanguard and Guardian of the social network X in the face of the rise of misinformation, the journalist has assured that He is going to stay “to watch”it’s not going to be that Elon (Musk) has one prepared for us. I’ll let you know later,” he joked.