Statements by Augusto Aras against the journalist were made during an interview with the program Fato & Opinião on BNews TV this Monday (9).
The communications sector of the Globo Group dismissed the statements made this Monday (9) by the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, against Miriam Leitão and the newspaper O Globo. Even the public prosecutor said so in an interview with Program Fato & Opinião, by BNews TV, that the journalist had a “fetish” with him.
“This lady seems to have a fetish with me, perhaps because I didn’t care about the selective stories for her and her family. This lady was cut off from the selectivity she had in Operation Lava Jato. And your newspaper probably made more money than with the 8 o’clock soap,” said Aras in an interview.
Sent in a note to BNews, Globo treated the offenses committed by macaws as appalling, which “deserve the most absolute repudiation”. In the statement, the channel highlighted the rich history of merits made by the journalists of Brazilian democracy, who described them as “one of the shrewdest and most correct professionals in Brazilian journalism”.
The crimes against the journalist Miriam Leitão and Jornal O Globo, expressed by the Attorney General of the Republic Augusto Aras in an interview with BNews this Monday, deserve the most absolute repudiation. It is frightening that someone holding the highest position in the Prosecutor’s Office, the supreme guardian of the law, should violate the honor of one of the brightest and most correct professionals in Brazilian journalism. And from a newspaper with a long history of service to Brazilian democracy. Nobody is immune to criticism neither journalists nor authorities. But nobody in the democratic constitutional state can insult in such a vile way as the Attorney General did. Aras’ offense certainly says more about him than it does about Miriam and O Globo.
The National Association of Newspapers reiterates its rejection of Augusto Aras’ statements
In addition to the Globo group, the National Association of Newspapers (ANJ) also published a note rejecting the statements made by the Attorney General of the Republic. Sent in a note to BNewsThe agency criticized the offensive nature of Aras’s speech and stressed that as an authority it should “ensure the legal protection of the press while defending respect for the work of women journalists”.
The ANJ dismisses the attacks by the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, against journalist Miriam Leitão in an interview with website BNews on Monday. The offensive nature of the demonstrations becomes even more serious when they come from an agency tasked with ensuring legal protection for the press while defending respect for the work of women journalists, who have come under the most attack in Brazil in recent years. Finally, ANJ reaffirms its solidarity with Miriam Leitão, winner of the ANJ Press Freedom Award in 2017, precisely for her constant stance in defense of the values and principles that guide the best journalism.