THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THE POWER OF THE MEDIA IN BRAZIL

My friend 'cosmicrat' is concerned with the creation of a FOX NEWS in Canada:

http://cosmicrat.multiply.com/links/item/151/Is_Stephen_Harper_set_to_move_against_the_CRTC_-_The_Globe_and_Mail



In Brazil this certainly won't need to be done. Here we already have a private media totally linked to political interests of the right and of the extreme right. Actually, in Brazil, only 5 families control almost whole media (newspapers, magazines, radios and TVs).

The opposition party (PSDB/DEM) doesn't have base in the classes C and D, it doesn't have popular militant, it doesn't have penetration in the syndical movement and it doesn't have competitive candidate. PSDB/DEM only has militant among the journalists.

On this exact moment with rare exceptions the communication companies in Brazil have been doing of everything (of everything same) to maintain the candidacy of the opposition in the dispute and to do him to win without popular support or against the will of most. Two weeks ago the Brazilian press it created a coup d'état climate that culminated with candidate's of the situation impediment.

The Brazilian Justice rejected the lawsuit presented by the opposition because the same was frivolous and based on accusations and not in proofs. But the coup d'état clime has been maintained... and I, that I have an eye in the media and the other in the population and in the situation party, I have statement that if there is coup d'état with help of the Justice (making possible candidate of the opposition to win the elections without having to argue with candidate of the situation) it will run a lot of blood from everywhere.

Summarizing: if 'cosmicrat' think FOX NEWS is a problem you don't have idea of the size of the Brazilian problem. Here, except a magazine writing, a public TV and several blogs, the whole press is same or worse than FOX.