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Bolsonaro's Attacks To Folha Create Informal Subscription Push On Social Media
Brazil's president-elect criticized the newspaper on national television: "On its own, this newspaper is over"
Oct.31.2018 11:04AM
SÃO PAULO
President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's series of verbal attacks against Folha de S. Paulo had an unexpected side effect: an informal online campaign among social media users encouraging each other to subscribe to this newspaper.
On Monday (29th), during his first interview as president-elect to a major national news broadcast, Bolsonaro again criticized Folha: "On its own, this newspaper is over."
Civil servant Delmir Andrade, 32, is among the people who decided to subscribe to Folha after Bolsonaro's remarks. "This morning, right after I got up, I reactivated my Folha de S. Paulo subscription. Its role in defending freedom of speech and the democratic values in the election was worthy of respect and praise. There is no free journalism of quality. We need to appreciate their work."
Entrepreneur Marina Braga, 28, never subscribed before. She started now, she said, to "challenge this new administration's oppression. I believe in freedom of the press, although I think we have a long way to go in that area."
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/10/bolsonaros-attacks-to-folha-create-informal-subscription-push-on-social-media.shtml
