Presenter Ratinho took advantage of his program this Monday, 15th, to rebut the . “SBT has no side, it never has.”
Without mentioning names, the presenter said that “the forces of social networks have promoted the false idea that the SBT it is television focused on political sides, whether left or right” and that this is the greatest example that Brazil “urgently needs to be rethought, and political opinions respected”.
“Transform the moment of launching a news channel, the SBT Newsin political fanaticism, is an attitude that borders on ignorance”, he declared.
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In his speech, he also took the opportunity to state that the broadcaster respects the constituent powers, “even for education, for plurality” and that he invited authorities from all powers, from all lines of thought, whether right, left or center. “THE SBT will always follow the principles determined by Silvio Santos, the creator of this station.”
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In the early hours of last Monday, Zezé Di Camargo published a video on Instagram in which he asked for the cancellation of the special by SBT for disagreeing with the presence of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) at the inauguration of the SBT Newslast Friday, the 12th.
The Christmas special with Zezé has already been recorded and featured other artists. Still, the country singer said he preferred the broadcaster to reconsider the exhibition. “If you could do me a favor: take my special off the air. I don’t want to be part of this,” he said.
In response to the video, Daniela Abravanel Beyruti. Without mentioning the singer’s name, the broadcaster stated that the release of the SBT News is aligned with a reliable, plural and non-partisan journalism project.
However, due to the controversy, the broadcaster announced this Monday, the 15th, that “after internal evaluations”, states the note sent to the Estadão.
