•Marcelo Tas, journalist and TV host of CQC speaks to EquisY about the veto. •Discouraging situation on Brazilian free press
EquisY editorial office with information of Layanna Maiara Cardoso, Brazilian contributor
Mexico City/Teresina, Brazil.- After three months since the Brazilian National Congress banned reporters of the TV Show CQC, our Brazilian contributor and blogger, Layanna Maiara Cardoso, interviewed Marcelo Tas, journalist and TV Host of CQC, who kindly answered our contributor questions.
According to journalist Marcelo Tas, the last straw for congressman to banned the TV show, was after an interview to president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arilindo Chinaglia about the tax reform, the veto was implemented at beginning of April.
It’s necessary to emphasize that CQC is the Brazilian version of the Argentinian TV show “Caiga quién Caiga”, and there is also the Spanish and US version, that combines journalism with humor. The TV host states that the reasons that congressman gave to justify their decision was due that they consider unacceptable that journalism coexist with humor.
Since the veto, members of the TV show as well as the society mobilized with pacific protests and they started a campaign on the Internet, and sending e-mails to congressmen expressing its dissatisfaction toward the measure and demanding to withdraw the veto.
The reaction of the Brazilian political elite in presence of the activism of the society, wasn’t much, according to journalist, Marcelo Tas, only few political leaders manifest in favor of CQC, but the majority maintain silence.
Today the National Congress of Brazil withdraws the veto to reporters of the TV show.
It’s necessary to point out, that the situation of liberty of speech in Brazil is very discouraging, according to reports of the Latin America Observatory of Free Press of the UNESCO and Reporters Without Borders. The first points out that the aggressions to free speech could go from previous censorship to political pressure, passing by the limited protection of the professional secret or the distribution of government propaganda in a way to reward their loyalty, till the aggressions against journalists, including threats and attempting their lives, that was the case of the journalists Luiz Carlos Barbon Filho and Robson Barbosa Beccera, whom were killed last year. In the other hand, Reporters Without Borders, on it’s annual report of 2008, Brazil ranked on number 87 of 169 countries evaluated.
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I'm so happy now!