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Protest against the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo on March 7, 2009. The sign says "Down with the pro-coup media".

Partido da Imprensa Golpista (PiG, Template:Lang-en) is a term which became widely used among left-wing Brazilian websurfers since 2007 to characterize the attitude of the Brazilian mass media during the 2006 presidential election. The term was popularized by journalist Paulo Henrique Amorim in his blog. Whenever he uses the term, Amorim writes it with a "i" in lowercase as a pun with the name of the web portal "iG". where he was an articulist, before being abruptly dismissed on March 18, 2008, in an action which he describes as a process of "ideological cleansing".

The term is also constantly used by journalists Luiz Carlos Azenha and Rodrigo Vianna on their blogs, which also helped to spread its popularity. However, the term gained wider notoriety when it was first used in the Brazilian Congress on a speech by Pernambuco Congressman Fernando Ferro, a member the Workers' Party. He ironically suggested that film director Arnaldo Jabor should be a good name to run for "President of the PIG"..

Definition

Amorim's own explanation of the meaning of the expression appears whenever he mentions it in his articles and is: "In no serious democracy in the world, conservative, low-quality and even sensationalistic newspapers, and one single television network matter as much as they do in Brazil. They have become a political party – the PiG, Pro-coup Press Party".

Amorim argues that even politicians have become part of the PiG: "The political parties are no longer an instrument of the coup but they have become the coup itself. With the speech of objective journalism, they not only do the job of a press that omits information; but do the job of a press that lies, distorts and deceits. Former President FHC was among the first politicians who realized that the political strength he needed could be found in the PIG, and thus nowadays he enjoys the image of being a prominent world leader".."

Historical background

Paulo Henrique maintains that the mainstream Brazilian press historically defends coup d'états whenever the Brazilian President is not elected from among members of the ruling elites. The PIG, according to Amorim, had its origin with Carlos Lacerda, whom he says "helped to kill Getúlio Vargas"; continued its "struggle against democracy" throughout the governments of JK and João Goulart, when finally "it openly defended and promoted the Brazilian military putsch of March 1964". "It hammered Rio's governor Brizola throughout his two terms in office; and now conspires against Lula", he says.

Major PiG members

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion. - Winston Churchill

Paulo Henrique Amorim maintains that only three Brazilian families control the whole of the mainstream Brazilian media: the Marinhos (Roberto Marinho, O Globo), the Mesquitas (Julio de Mesquita, O Estado de S. Paulo) and the Frias (Octávio Frias, Folha de S. Paulo, UOL). According to Amorim, they dominate and condition news in Brazil, through their various newspapers, radio stations, news agencies and internet blogs. They have provoked what Amorim calls "a massacre" of the smaller Brazilian regional press, as a consequence of the control they exert on all of the mainstream information in Brazil, in order to manipulate Brazilian public opinion.

Criticism

Opponents to the use of this term claim that it would be paranoid. The press, according to opponents of this expression, only denounce irregularities in the government. So, the use of the term would be an attempt to put the population against the press.

According to one journalist, Pedro Doria, the manifestation of an ideological polarity is intolerant and unable to explain a complex social reality.

To another journalist, Sergio Leo, the Brazilian mainstream media is too complex to be labeled as such, because it covers a wide range of subjects.

However, the President of the Brazilian "National Newspaper Association" (ANJ) herself, Maria Judith Brito, said that Brazilian press has now assumed a role of political agent (Brito is also an executive of the Folha de S. Paulo):

Press freedom is a greater good that should not be limited. In this general right, the counterpoint is always a question of media responsibility and, of course, the media are doing, in fact, the role of opposition in this country since the opposition is deeply weakened. And this role of opposition and investigation, no doubt, greatly bothers the government.

About her speech, the journalist Luciano Martins Costa (from Observatório da Imprensa) comments:

The biggest risk to the press comes from the press itself, when the newspapers come together to act as a political party.(...) When the press abandons its axis, we all lose. Especially the press.

References

  1. "Conversa Afiada".
  2. "Lula é ovacionado de pé na OIT, PIG na internet "não sabe"" (in Portuguese). viomundo.com.br. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  3. ""EDUARDO GUIMARÃES E O PIG DO EQUADOR"" (in Portuguese). viomundo.com.br. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  4. "Imprensa golpista ontem e hoje: como enfrentar o PIG?" (in Portuguese). rodrigovianna.com.br. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  5. "TIM, Oi e Telefonica querem dar golpe na Confecom: elas já entraram para o PIG? Vamos reagir!" (in Portuguese). rodrigovianna.com.br. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  6. "Deputado sugere Partido da Imprensa com Jabor na presidência". Vermelho. September 20, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
  7. Translated from: "Em nenhuma democracia séria do mundo, jornais conservadores, de baixa qualidade técnica e até sensacionalistas, e uma única rede de televisão têm a importância que têm no Brasil. Eles se transformaram num partido político – o PiG, Partido da Imprensa Golpista."
  8. ^ UCB. Paulo Henrique Amorim fala sobre “PIG” e jornalismo na Internet. Brasília: Oficina de Produção de Notícias, Curso de Comunicação Social, Universidade Católica de Brasília; October 27, 2009
  9. Churchill Quotes
  10. J.R. Guzzo (2009-07-22). "Gente do ramo". Veja magazine. Editora Abril. From hearing what they are saying in the government and its surroundings, for example, journalists are among the worst disasters that this country has to face at the moment, more or less at the same level occupied by the white elite of the South and other enemies of popular causes. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Text "http://veja.abril.com.br/220709/danos-menores-p-142.shtml" ignored (help)
  11. citebite.com/a2h1y2c0j5uul Ideological intolerance and the world as it is
  12. Corporativista
  13. Blogs and journalism, one can not be another. Or not.
  14. Tatiana Farah (2010-03-18). "Entidades de imprensa e Fecomercio estudam ir à Justiça contra Plano Nacional de Direitos Humanos". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  15. Luciano Martins Costa (2010-03-25). Observatório da Imprensa (ed.). "Imprensa versus governos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2010-03-30.

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