See for yourself: How big an issue is misinformation in Miami’s Spanish-language media?

In the fight for South Florida’s Hispanic voters, the GOP has a not-so-secret weapon: a Spanish-language media landscape that is as monolithically conservative as it is rife with innuendo and hyperbole.

Over the final four weeks of the midterm elections, the Miami Herald and Florida International University listened into Miami’s most popular talk radio and social media programs in Spanish to gauge whether and how manipulated information spreads on the airwaves.

What the Herald/FIU found — and are sharing here in this database — has implications for the future, as Latinos grow in number and influence in U.S. elections.

LOOK HERE: For another view of the database

This article is part of a project on misinformation in Spanish-language media by the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald and researchers at Florida International University. It is funded by Journalism Funding Partners, which received support from the Knight Disinformation Fund at The Miami Foundation. The Miami Herald retains editorial control of the content.

This story was originally published December 15, 2022 at 5:30 AM.