Folha strengthens network of protection for Aécio.
Otávio Frias Filho's newspaper was the first to report that Senator Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG) was not on the list; immediately afterwards, it equated the situations of the senator and President Dilma Rousseff, headlining that both cases would be dismissed (which is false, since there was no request for investigation against Dilma); then, it ignored the information brought by Estado de S. Paulo about the reason for mentioning the senator; in today's edition, it also publishes that lawyer Antonio Carlos Almeida Castro, known as Kakay, says that the inclusion of Aécio's name was forced by investigators, without informing readers that he represents the senator from Minas Gerais; shielding?
247 - For reasons unknown, Folha de S. Paulo, owned by Otávio Frias Filho, has apparently decided to strengthen its protective network around Senator Aécio Neves.
To the facts:
Two days ago, the newspaper was the first to report that Aécio was not on the dreaded 'Janot list'.
Yesterday, in its main headline, Folha equated the cases of Aécio and President Dilma, reporting that both requests for investigation would be dismissed. But, here's the detail: this was false information. In Dilma's case, there wasn't even a request for investigation (read more). here).
- In today's edition, Folha also publishes nothing about the reasons that could lead to Aécio being investigated. According to the newspaper Estado de S. Paulo, the money launderer Alberto Youssef linked him to a corruption scheme at Furnas (learn more). here).
(Something strange on the Brasil 247 page!)
- This Friday's edition also has another relevant point. A report by journalist Andrea Sadi informs that a lawyer accuses investigators of forcing the inclusion of Aécio's name on the list. "I learned how the testimony went and that, in fact, the Public Prosecutor's Office had insisted on questions about Aécio at different times: the first shortly before the elections and the second now in February," stated Antonio Carlos de Almeida Castro, known as Kakay (read here).
Folha fails to mention that Kakay represents Senator Aécio. Why is that?