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Historical blunder: Miriam Leitão says Globo supported the 1964 coup.

Last night, Brazil witnessed one of the most embarrassing moments in the history of Brazilian journalism when, after an interview with Jair Bolsonaro, Miriam Leitão read, via earpiece, a statement in which Globo admitted to supporting the 1964 military coup that established a dictatorship in Brazil. Miriam stated that Globo apologized, but said nothing about Globo's support for the 2016 coup, which ousted an honest president, installed corrupt individuals in power, imprisoned the most popular leader in Brazilian history without evidence, and brought to power figures like Bolsonaro himself; video

Historical blunder: Miriam Leitão says Globo supported the 1964 coup.

247 - Last night, Brazil witnessed one of the most embarrassing moments in the history of Brazilian journalism when, after an interview with Jair Bolsonaro, Miriam Leitão read, through an earpiece, a statement in which Globo admitted to supporting the 1964 military coup that established a dictatorship in Brazil. Miriam stated that Globo apologized, but said nothing about Globo's support for the 2016 coup, which ousted an honest president, installed corrupt individuals in power, imprisoned without evidence the greatest popular leader in Brazilian history, and brought to the forefront figures like Bolsonaro himself.

"After the interview with candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) on GloboNews ended, the program remained on the air. The journalists remained silent, and Bolsonaro, perhaps without understanding what was happening, said that two of those who were in the interview would be invited to be his ministers." Roberto D'Avila and Gabeira laughed, but the program didn't go off the air. Miriam Leitão announced that they were still live. This lasted approximately one minute. An absolutely bizarre scene. "Until Leitão started repeating a note that was being dictated through the earpiece," he points out. report from Fórum.

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