Alerted to the error, the Folha reacted defensively, responded badly to fair criticisms, and attacked the government for being slow to publish more complete statistics.
Big Brazilian journalism in a nutshell: Not only do you refuse to regret the error, you lay the blame on someone else for your own brain farts. See
The Folha de São [...]
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Ties between militias and the drug trade in the Vila Cruzeiro are longstanding. In September 2000, two campaign workers for city councilman Jerominho, both of them currently in jail, were detained in the company of drug trafficker Levi “Baby” Batista da Penha while lunching at the Boizão barbecue joint in Campo Grande. Even while imprisoned, [...]
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Local merchant Maria do Socorro Ferreira, 41 … laments what happened to business owners who had their buildings expropriated and lost their businesses. That is what happened to the owner of a parking lot that Maria used, on Rua do Triunfo. “The guy spent R$400,000 renovating it”, she said.
Prefeitura quer que iniciativa privada toque projeto [...]
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