Radio station that reportedly aired the most pro-Lula segments supports Bolsonaro and promoted attacks against the Workers' Party member.
"We are a Christian broadcaster and therefore right-wing," says Rádio da Bispa, which called a Bolsonaro-supporting report a lie.
Paulo Motoryn, from Brasil de Fato - President Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) campaign delivered to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), on Tuesday night (25), a report accompanied by a public Google Drive link with access to a schedule spreadsheet that would prove that eight radio stations had reproduced more insertions in favor of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) than the candidate for reelection.
However, one of the radio stations cited by the Bolsonaro campaign, Bispa FM, from Recife (PE), published content favorable to Bolsonaro and critical of Lula on social media. According to the report, on October 9, 2022, for example, the station allegedly broadcast 39 ads featuring Lula and only 12 featuring Bolsonaro. However, a presenter on the radio station went to social media to deny the report presented by the PL candidate's campaign.
"Let me explain something to you. Our frequency is 98.7. Our frequency is not 97.1. False information is being circulated on social media, saying that 97.1 is the Bishop's Radio. It is not. This radio station does not belong to the Shekinah Communication Group or the Bishop's Radio. We are broadcasting all the advertisements sent by the TRE and the TSE. Therefore, we have nothing to do with 97.1," declared the presenter Guilherme Alves.
In a comment on an Instagram post, the radio station's profile also wrote: "Furthermore, we are a Christian station and therefore right-wing; we do not subscribe to any form of communism or pro-abortion or anti-family sentiment." In posts prior to the report, such as one made on October 14th, Rádio da Bispa distributed content against Lula, insinuating that the Workers' Party member was opposed to Christian religions.
Bolsonaro's coup attempt
On Monday (24), the Minister of Communications, Fábio Faria, said that the president had 154 fewer radio spots than candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in the last two weeks.
The petition was a response to a ruling by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). After the presentation of data collected by a private audit contracted by the Bolsonaro campaign, Moraes issued a ruling giving a 24-hour deadline for the presentation of evidence to substantiate the figures cited in a press conference by the Minister of Communications, Fábio Faria. If the allegations are not proven, the president's coalition could be charged with an electoral crime.
According to Moraes, the accusation was sent to the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) without “any serious proof and/or document”. The campaign's request is based on a report made by Audiency Brasil Tecnologia, based in Santa Catarina, which presents itself as a “platform for the distribution, management and monitoring of offline media (radio) campaign broadcasts” in real time.
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