The Prime Minister said this Thursday that the media have a “great responsibility” in combating “extremism, excessive populism, disinformation,” criticizing those who “pursue or fuel the agenda” of those who want to undermine democratic processes.
“When the so-called traditional media pursue the interests of those they want to undermine – whether through ‘fake news’ or more sophisticated mechanisms – they pursue these agendas or fuel these agendas, they indirectly contribute to the results. that these others want to get it,” says Luis Montenegro, without explaining who he means.
Luis Montenegro opened this Thursday the conference “Europe, what future?”, which is part of the series of “RTP/Civil Society Conferences” that takes place this Thursday at the Belem Cultural Center and celebrates Europe Day.
It was because he was talking about the RTP initiative that the Prime Minister concluded his speech by pointing to the fight against disinformation and “external interference in the democratic processes of the European Union” as one of the central challenges of the coming years.
Montenegro said the media also “have a great responsibility that they must assume” in “the political fight against extremism, excessive populism, in the fight against disinformation” and in protecting “information that protects the public interest.”
“The media is facing this problem today,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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