The dissemination of fake news is an increasing issue in the media ecosystem, which has
worsened with the current healthcare crisis. Pandemic-related hoaxes challenge media,
which have not hesitated to implement different plans to combat these contents. The
objective of this research is to analyse the structure, make-up and procedures of fact-
checking units that have been created in the newsrooms of the public service media (PSM)
in Spain to refute false and unreliable information related to coronavirus. Two initiatives …