Kotscho: On the verge of bankruptcy, Veja wants to scare Lula/Haddad voters.
"But the time when publications like Veja had the power to elect and overthrow presidents, with the help of uniformed or robed officers, is long gone. Today, with their newsrooms dwindling, they are only fighting to stay afloat. They no longer frighten anyone," says journalist Ricardo Kostcho.
247 "'The Election of Terror,' screams the cover of Veja magazine, in all caps, with the face of a frightened map of Brazil," reinforces journalist Ricardo Kotscho. "The frightening Veja cover comes out in the same week that all the polls show the growth of the PT and Lula/Haddad in the presidential campaign," he adds.
The journalist emphasizes that "Lula has risen to almost 40% in voting intentions and could win in the first round if they let him reach the polls, and the PT, according to Datafolha, is the preferred party of Brazilians, with 24%, more than double all other parties combined." "This is the main reason for the fear, as explained on the cover: 'Those who believe in the law are frightened by Lula's strength even in prison,'" he continues. "Another reason is the failure of the PSDB candidate Geraldo Alckmin, supported by the allied base of the Temer government and by the magazine, which reveals the game: 'The market is frightened by Alckmin's paralysis in the polls,'" he adds.
According to Kotscho, the entire article "is a masterpiece of manipulation, dissimulation, a poorly cooked collection of newspaper news to try and reverse the trends in the polls. And to think that journalists like Mino Carta, Elio Gaspari, and Dorrit Harazim once worked there." "But the time when publications like Veja had the power to elect and overthrow presidents, with the help of uniformed or robed officers, is long gone. Today, with their newsrooms dwindling, they are only fighting to stay afloat. They don't scare anyone anymore," he said.
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