The media's ferocity against Lula echoes the war-like journalism against democracy.

 The media's ferocity against the newly inaugurated Lula government attests to the exclusive commitment of these outlets to the market and reveals their inability to perceive themselves as a central element in the destabilization of democracy in Brazil. 

The aggressive and condemnatory tone, the disapproval of any act, and the lack of understanding of the historical period are incompatible with the current administration's timeline and reinstate the press as a source for the perpetuation of extremism. 

This treatment undermines vital reflection on the country's transition from fascism to democracy and supports the criminalization of the progressive field, which is essential to coup narratives. 

It's the beginning of a vicious cycle of deception.

For years, Brazil endured a torment of lies fabricated by fascist extremism to enslave part of the population in a sick power project.

The distortion of reality and the preaching of hatred against the facts have produced a horde of alienated people willing – at the height of stupidity – to sacrifice their lives in servitude to extraterrestrial coup-plotting delusions.

The construction of this fantasy went beyond the disinformation ecosystem of Bolsonaro's supporters and found, in the corporate media, the breeding ground for the proliferation of false narratives and hate speech.

The label of "Lula the thief," internalized and disseminated by the far-right, for example, stems from an editorial conspiracy to attribute to the Workers' Party member the practice of and leniency towards corruption.

It is a factual falsehood refuted by the courts and by the strengthening of mechanisms to combat crime during Lula's government, but it is being spread to serve the anti-PT media agenda. 

Bolsonarism fed on journalistic recklessness and turned into a mantra an idea underlying the manipulations tailored for the 2016 coup and Lula's illegal imprisonment.

For years, the media ignored the verbal and physical violence of protests against the Workers' Party administrations and established a distinction within the Brazilian population to define as "normal" anyone who opposed the government.

Anti-government protesters were treated as Brazilians, as citizens, while those in favor were labeled as militants – the raw material for the hypocritical formulation of the "good citizen". 

Links to the FARC, Bolivarianism, money for Cuba, Venezuelanization, the São Paulo Forum, criminal organization, association with the PCC – the core ideas of Bolsonarism echo this distorted information.

Fascism under Bolsonaro and the destruction of Brazil is a byproduct of this scheme of deception based on hatred, anti-PT sentiment, and the absence of responsible journalistic mediation of events.

But the media learned nothing from the culture of stupidity and the Brazilian shipwreck, and now, at the beginning of the new government, it is resuming its irrational tactics.

Editorials describe the Finance Minister as "decorative," treat the fight against hunger as "wasteful spending," base social policies on market principles, and abhor the plurality of ideas in order to insinuate chaos under Lula.

Colonized by anti-PT sentiment, they sacrifice common sense to shield fascism and safeguard impunity. They call Bolsonaro's crimes "revenge" and "witch hunts" and shirk their duty to demand punishment.  

The attack employs old journalistic tricks to disguise stories under the direction of the media: use of off-the-record statements, anonymous quotes, citation of experts aligned with the media outlets, absence of opposing viewpoints.

It is the shaping of a narrative to induce common sense to hate the government, to bet on anti-politics and, thus, to exchange the interests of the collective for the oppressive and market-concentrating economic agenda.

It is perverse that this alignment is being cobbled together amidst the rubble of a Brazil devastated by Bolsonaro's fundamentalism, based precisely on the economic and social model advocated by this media.

The dismantling of the public sector, the interruption of social policies, denialism, and the impoverishment of Brazilians follow the neoliberal shift fueled by misinformation in recent years – and with the widespread complicity of the media.

The reckless media coverage during the first week of Lula's government foreshadows a repeat of the anything-goes attitude that created a political environment toxic to the country's survival.

It is the unwelcome backlash of a war-like journalism that is unhealthy for our fragile democracy – when it thrives, the victim is always the Brazilian people.