The nationalist senator Grace Bianchi posted on his Twitter a photo with a phrase that indicated to be from the journalist and soccer reporter Víctor Hugo Morales: “Uruguayans do not have water to drink or for dialysis”reads the image in which Morales is seen in a transmission of the Argentine channel C5Nof which the Uruguayan He left in March.
“Another disastrous being for Uruguayan democracy”wrote the nationalist senator next to the photo this Monday morning.
However, Victor Hugo stated that the statements made in the image are another case of “fake news” in which Bianchi fell. “Of course It’s fake news, one more lie, an absurd thing. I’m not even on the Channel that says that. I didn’t even know that dialysis needed water“, criticized the journalist in an interview with Info 24 (M24).
“I hope that more as a lady than as a senator, she clarifies that what she said about me is false”he said on the other hand on his Twitter, citing Bianchi’s publication.
The historical rapporteur asked the legislator to be “more responsible” and “better check” the information. “You are not a senator of a country and outbursts like this are committedcondemning a person who is far away and who seems to me to be a very good Uruguayan in any circumstance to a situation of confusion,” he declared.
“The senator will have to show where I said that, where my voice is saying that, and the fact that she won’t be able to find it will mark the end of the episode.”also expressed the renowned sports rapporteur.
For Morales this is about a “great injustice” by Bianchi, who understands that he committed a “brutal carelessness” by condemning a person in that way.”
On the other hand, he regretted the “free and totally undeserved exposure” for his “general attitude regarding what happens in Uruguay”.
“I am quite exposed by my political positions and by my comments, so I have to bank it but I can refute it here. On the other hand, in Uruguay, I realize that they come many times absolutely false and false comments about me and the newspapers collect them I don’t know if with pleasure but without distrust at all who are the broadcasters of the news that involve me,” he added.
Bianchi and fake news
Bianchi has had several controversies for spreading false news on his Twitter. In January 2023, she shared a photo indicating that La Diaria journalist Denisse Legrand had said that “Lula should summon Chavista troops (from Venezuela) to repress the Bolsonaristas.”
“It is serious that a senator replicates fakes. But it is what you have us used to”was the response of Legrand, who denounced the senator for spreading false information.
In June 2022, Bianchi published a photo of the then newly elected president of Colombia. Gustavo Petroin which he is seen together with the historic drug trafficker Pablo Escobar. Although AFP Factual reported that it was a photomontage of an original photoBianchi discredited that investigation, saying that “reality is not a montage” and that Petro “He belonged to the FARC for more than 40 years and they were financed by drug trafficking.”
The terrible constant in Latin America in recent decades: guerrilla, drug trafficking and reaching the government using democratic forms that were not respected. A great historical responsibility falls on Uruguay. pic.twitter.com/jAWAJ7nJXq
— Graciela Bianchi (@gbianchi404) June 19, 2022
A year earlier, on July 1, 2021, the nationalist senator uploaded a photograph of two doctors with masks and blue tunics on a cartwhich he used to defend the strategy of coronavirus vaccination from Uruguay. However, the Argentine outlet Todo Noticias reported that the photo He was not from Uruguay, but from Alhuampafrom the Argentine province Santiago del Esteroand it was from the month of May.
This is a photo that represents Uruguay like few others today. For many to think before talking about the government’s strategy to face the pandemic and to carry out vaccination. We are going out together. @LuisLacallePou pic.twitter.com/ce3dSJ32dL
— Graciela Bianchi (@gbianchi404) June 1, 2021
