“…Indeed, conclusions from a study that evaluated the mediatic speech about Fundão dam outburst shown that media reports had a sensationalist and fatalistic focus in environmental issues without clarifying the problem in greater depth or presenting an educational approach. Besides, different predominant discourses about the disaster were identified, sometimes guided by specific interests (Carrato et al, 2018;Fontes & Lopes, 2017). Therefore, the posture of media at natural disasters by disseminating of incorrect, insufficient, opportunistic and outdated information has been contributing to increase the skepticism and loss of confidence in disclosed information about quality of water and food.…”