The Foolitzer Prizes Shine the Spotlight on Fake News

Brazil combats misinformation by awarding the year’s worst fake news. “Fake news” has been featured prominently in the world lately. Now the Brazilian website E-farsas—literally “e-farces”—is doing something about it. Together with Leo Burnett Tailor Made, E-farsas has launched The Foolitzer Prizes. A nod to the famous Pulitzer Prize, which honors achievements in journalism, the Foolitzers were created to acknowledge the worst fake news of the year. The awards’ intention is to give the creators of fake news what they don’t want: the spotlight. For the inaugural awards, E-farsas curated…

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