Flávio Gordon: 'The immortal of fake news'
Anthropologist. Author of the book 'The Corruption of Intelligence'. Columnist for Revista Oeste and Gazeta do Povo.
TL;DR
- Historian Lilia Moritz Schwarcz made a false claim on Instagram about the Pix system potentially being abolished.
- The article refutes Schwarcz's claim, noting that Pix is operated by the Central Bank, which has legal autonomy, and was launched under a previous government.
- Schwarcz's campaign has stated support for Pix's free nature.
- The article connects Schwarcz's Pix claim to a past incident where she apologized for a critical opinion piece on Beyoncé's "Black is King," after being accused of lacking "place of speech."
- The author uses philosopher Joseph Gabel's concept of "false consciousness" to describe Schwarcz's behavior, suggesting facts are reinterpreted to fit a pre-existing ideological scheme rather than being corrected.
- The article criticizes the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL) for associating with individuals who spread falsehoods for political reasons.