Janio responds to 'Reporters Without Borders' regarding Cantalice.
The organization refers to the strong criticism from the PT's vice-president, Alberto Cantalice, towards anti-PT journalists as a "tension between the government and opposition journalists"; according to columnist Janio de Freitas, Alberto Cantalice is not part of the government and the PT does not speak for the government; he asserts that Brazil has full freedom of the press.
247 – Amid the controversy surrounding Alberto Cantalice's article published in 247 about "the demoralization of media pitbulls," columnist Janio de Freitas rebuts a position taken by Reporters Without Borders on the matter.
The international association refers to the PT vice-president's strong criticism of anti-PT journalists as a "tension between the government and opposition journalists." Janio contests this: "Alberto Cantalice is not part of the government. Even if a single member were considered 'the government,' which is not uncommon in Brazilian journalism, Cantalice would not fulfill that role. The PT, of which he is a leader, does not speak for the government. No fact attests to 'tension between the government and opposition journalists.'"
He asserts that the level of press freedom in Brazil over the last few decades doesn't need to be even slightly envious of freedom in any other country. "And it relieves us of the need to pretend we have no borders" (read more). closest).