Lula da Silva again furious with the press for exposing government corruption

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:46 UTC

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Brazilian president Lula da Silva again attached the media on Tuesday claiming that freedom of expression does not imply “inventing stories and news”. He added that the media instead of helping public opinion preach “hatred” and are only interested in “failures of his government”. Read full article

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Forgetit86
It was the same stuff in 2006. Corruption allegations were spread and involved people as close to Lula as Antonio Palocci and Mercadante - both of which wound up being absolved in court judgments. This is how Brazilian media are: scandal thirsty and irresponsible. They've been like that to all democratically elected leaders, including those of the 50s. Only with the military dictators they got along.
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