A cover that shames the press.
Correio Braziliense, the main newspaper in the federal capital, published a historic front page this Wednesday, one that is shameful in its significance; at a time when jurists of the stature of Dalmo Dallari and Celso Bandeira de Mello are producing a manifesto criticizing the illegal constraints to which certain prisoners such as José Dirceu, José Genoino, and Delúbio Soares were subjected, Correio attacks in its main headline "the privileges of those involved in the Mensalão scandal"; is this the media that presents itself as a beacon of freedom?
Brasilia 247 - The media, anywhere in the world, likes to portray itself as a beacon of freedom. In Brazil, however, it has been its main tormentor, acting as an instrument to encourage lynching and arbitrary actions.
A prime example of this is the front page of Wednesday's edition of Correio Braziliense, the main newspaper in the federal capital. At a time when some of the country's leading jurists, lawyers, congressmen, and intellectuals are rising up against the illegal decision by the president of the Supreme Federal Court, Joaquim Barbosa, to subject certain defendants in Criminal Action 470 to illegal imprisonment (read more). hereThe newspaper, part of the Diários Associados group, publishes a headline that shames the free press in Brazil: "Privilege of those involved in the Mensalão scandal revolts families of prisoners."
What privilege did the defendants, sentenced to semi-open prison, have when they were incarcerated in a closed regime?
What privilege did the defendants, who have the legal right to be imprisoned in the cities where they live, close to their families, have when they were transferred to Brasília?
What privilege did José Genoino have, whose life was put at risk by Joaquim Barbosa and now by publications that incite prisoners to revolt against the "privileges of those involved in the Mensalão scandal"?
A shame.