Denial speeches on the radio: the Covid-19 pandemic seen as an exaggeration

ABSTRACT

The present work demonstrates how radio is a mass medium that has been used by hegemonic groups to transmit non-scientific discourses in Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic. Two interviews are analyzed, the first with Luciano Hang, one of the richest businessmen in the country;and the second with singer Tico Santa Cruz. Both made in two radio programs known by the Brazilian public "Direto ao Ponto" and "Panico", broadcast by Grupo Jovem Pan. It was observed that some speeches without scientific proof are used to form a thought that the measures aimed at controlling The pandemic measures adopted by state governments, such as the lockdown, for example, must be rejected, which can greatly contribute to the increased circulation of the coronavirus.