Produced and released by Netflix in March 2018, The Mechanism (2018–), a web series, fictionalised the Lava Jato operation, a series of criminal investigations about corruption in the Brazilian political system that led to the imprisonment of leading Brazilian politicians and businessmen. Analysing the series along with the media coverage in the Brazilian mainstream online and printed press, this article examines the complex and troublesome relationship between an ongoing criminal investigation with ramifications for the political system and its fictionalisation on a worldwide internet television platform.

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Netflix和顶级政治？机制电视剧和娱乐干预的动态

由Netflix在2018年3月制作和发行的网络连续剧《机制》（The Mechanism）（2018-）虚构了熔岩Jato行动，这是一系列对巴西政治制度中的腐败行为进行的刑事调查，导致巴西主要政治人物和商人入狱。通过分析该系列报道以及巴西主流在线和印刷媒体的媒体报道，本文研究了正在进行的对政治体系有影响的刑事调查与在全球互联网电视平台上的虚构化之间的复杂而麻烦的关系。