Wikipedia:WikiProject Peru/Reliable and unreliable sources
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The media atmosphere in Peru, as well as its politics in general, has grown increasingly polarized in recent years. Conservatism in Peru is prevalent; the nation is recognized as one of the most conservative in Latin America{{Cite web |title=Insults and Support Greet Peru's First Openly Gay Congressman |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/insults-support-greet-perus-first-openly-gay-congressman-n115146 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tegel |first=Simeon |date=25 June 2019 |title=Medical Marijuana Spreads Across South America |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-06-25/approval-of-medicinal-marijuana-spreads-across-south-america |website=U.S. News & World Report}} and its mainstream media follows suit.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Peru {{!}} 2022 |url=https://rsf.org/en/country/peru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509060054/https://rsf.org/en/country/peru |archive-date=2022-05-09 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Reporters Without Borders |language=en}} Into the 2020s, larger media companies began to promote fake news in their coverage, especially about COVID-19 and politics.{{Cite web |title=BTI 2022 Peru Country Report |url=https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report?isocode=PER&cHash=b9e52ae077a49f1fb3f4afffec3be011 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Bertelsmann Stiftung |language=en}} Due to the recent emergence of polarized political coverage mixed with elements of fake news, measuring the reliability of Peru-related media is vital for the project in order to maintain the use of reliable sources and ensure verifiability.
By reliability
=Generally reliable sources=
=Additional considerations apply=
class="wikitable sortable"
!Name !Description |
El Comercio (El Comercio Group)
| Peru's most popular newspaper. Its parent company, a large media conglomerate that controls 80% of printed press in Peru, has openly supported Keiko Fujimori during elections.{{cite web |title=Peru |url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2022/peru |website=Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |access-date=21 June 2023 |language=en |date=15 June 2022}}{{Cite web |date=14 June 2023 |title=Peru |url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2023/peru |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |language=en}} Reports that workers who made allegations of bias were fired from their positions. |
Peru.21
| A political newspaper dedicated to tabloid journalism that engages in sensationalist stories. |
=Generally unreliable=
=Fact-checking=
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!Name !Description |
Ama Llulla
| A fact-checking website supported by independent media organizations and hosted by OjoPúblico. It was primarily created for verifying information regarding the 2021 Peruvian general election. |