The day Brazil read that more than 33 million people were starving to death in the country, Bolsonarist networks ignored the issue. The main theme was not bread, but the circus. The faction associated with President Jair Bolsonaro chose to keep attacks on the press and justice as the focus of its digital action.
This Wednesday (06/08), a poll showed that almost no news on the topic was published by this group. The research made from the shares made on Twitter showed that the news took place on the main news portals in the country. However, according to the Observatório de Conflicts na Internet at Universidade Federal do ABC, 13 of the 20 most shared posts about hunger on Twitter were linked by left-wing profiles, 6 by the press, and only 1 by social media. Bolsonarism.
Despite this, this single bolsonarista, who is among the 20 most shared Twitters, did not comment on hunger. The publication questioned the credibility of the information, which is a common strategy of the world’s far right to legitimize debate.
Some of Bolsonaro’s allies believe that the situation in food prices and the social crisis can be exploited by the president’s main opponents. In international events, its prime ministers have insisted that recovery is a reality, ignoring the country’s social crisis. Even in the reports submitted to the UN mechanisms, the social reality of the country is ignored today.
As for the president himself, he did not touch on the subject, continuing his strategy of not getting into issues that were unfavorable to him.
That same day, Bolsonaro chose to accuse the press of “fake news” precisely on International Press Freedom Day.
Surveys also reveal that as the social crisis worsens, attacks on justice, the electoral process and its ministers have increased in the digital world.
Such behavior was confirmed by reference to TSE and STF ministers between 29 May and 6 June. In the same week, 94 videos were identified on YouTube, with a total of 4.3 million views, mentioning ministers such as Luís Roberto Barroso, Edson Fachin and Alexandre de Moraes.
source: Noticias
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