Bolsonaro defends delay in Covid bulletins: "it's the end of the story on the news program"
The government has been releasing coronavirus case and death numbers only at 22 PM, with updates occurring at 19 PM. "Nobody wants to rush to cater to Globo," he said in front of the Alvorada Palace regarding the new schedule. He also called the network "Funeral TV."
247 - Jair Bolsonaro admitted this Friday (5) that he is in favor of the new times for the release of reports with consolidated data on the new coronavirus by the Ministry of Health and indicated that one of the objectives would be to not include these numbers in the news broadcasts, as reported by the press throughout the afternoon.
Since the dismissal of then-Health Ministers Henrique Mandetta and Nelson Teich, The reports began to be released later and later. And the press conferences stopped being held daily. The data on cases and deaths began to be released only at 22 pm, even though they had been updated three hours earlier, at 19 pm.
On Friday night, when questioned by reporters at the entrance of the Alvorada Palace about the new release time, Bolsonaro jokingly replied: "Now there's no more material for the Jornal Nacional." "They have to release the consolidated data for the day," he argued, without mentioning, however, that the data is consolidated at 19 pm.
"It doesn't matter who gave the order, I think it's fair to release the data at 10 PM with the most consolidated figures. Nobody wants to rush to cater to Globo," he criticized, calling the network "Funeral TV." "If it's ready earlier, that's fine, but nobody is going to rush until nine to cater to Globo, the Funeral TV," he declared.