The former president () lied on Tuesday at the (Supreme Court) by justifying measures he took against the press in the four years of his term (2019-2022).
In a statement to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, Bolsonaro said the initiatives were not intended to undermine the press vehicles, but to seek a spending economy within the budget.
“The Lord [Moraes] Do not imagine what it is to work from Sunday to Sunday (…) and being massacred all the time for much of our media. Because it is not that I cut the advertising for evil. It’s just that I had spending ceiling, “said the president.
In practice, however, the purpose of the then president was not economical.
As president from 2019 to 2022, Bolsonaro attacked different press vehicles, cursed journalists, chose women as his main target, canceled newspaper subscriptions, cutting publicity, threatened to revoke concessions and coerce with entrepreneurs to stop announcing in media organs.
When he canceled signatures and threatened advertisers from Sheetthis in the first year of his government, Bolsonaro violated the constitutional principles of morality and impersonality in public administration.
“I don’t want to read the Sheet more. And point. And no minister of mine. I recommend all over Brazil here that you do not buy the newspaper S.Paulo Folha“Bolsonaro said.
“And the advertisers who announce in the Sheet also. Any ads you make in Sheet S.Paulo I do not buy that product and point. I want free press, independent, but, above all, to speak the truth. Am I asking a lot? “Said supporters at the dawn door.
Days later, in a live, the president said the newspaper advertisers should “pay attention.” “We will no longer spend money on this kind of newspaper. And who announces in Sheet S.Paulo Pay attention, is it right? “
At the time, the Sheet answered in a note. “THE Sheet He regrets another openly discriminatory attitude of the President of the Republic against the newspaper and will continue to make, in relation to his government, the critical and aparti journalism that characterizes it and practiced in relation to all governments. “
Bolsonaro’s attacks on the press and the journalists were not new to him with him in the presidency. These already occurred in the days when he worked in the House as federal deputy of Baixo Clerian.
In the chair of president, however, advances against specific journalists were amplified by their supporters, who began to pursue the targets both personally and on social networks.
As president, he even stated that the correct one would be.
In his government, the Dawn Ordinance, the presidential’s official residence, became a pilgrimage point of supporters and press attacks. The curses departed from the president himself and were reverberated by their sympathizers.
Hostility grew, and some press vehicles adopted a drastic measure. .
Attacks on journalists in Brazil grew year by year under Bolsonaro. According to Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism), the.
In 2022, the year marked by the harsh presidential dispute between Bolsonaro and (PT), there were 557 attacks on journalists, media and press in general. The previous year, there were 453. The entity identified the involvement of members of the Bolsonaro family in 42% of cases in the election year.
Bolsonaro not only attacked the press with curses, but used the federal machine for concrete actions in this regard.
In the first year of your government, for example,. MP gave permission to publicly traded companies to publish their balance sheets only on the CVM (Securities Commission) or the Official Gazette Commission, instead of printed vehicles.
Ads and balances paid were an important source of revenue from the newspapers, and the motivation of the cannada of the president was.
The goal was to hurt the press, as he himself admitted. “To help the paper press,” he said wryly against automotive entrepreneurs, who laughed at his statement.
That Bolsonaro MP would especially reach Globo’s “Valor Econômico” newspaper, as it is a vehicle focused on economics and, therefore, more sought after for the publication of companies’ balance sheets.
“I hope the economic value survives the provisional measure yesterday,” he said, without disguising his satisfaction. “Yesterday I returned part of what the mainstream media attacked me.”
The provisional measure would be to expire and lose the validity.
