How NYT’s Bad Reporting Helped Justify Trump’s Tariffs on Brazil
The arguments presented in the New York Times have bolstered Trump’s justification for imposing tariffs on Brazilian goods.
Brian Mier
With Friends in Media, Brazil’s Coffee Workers Don’t Need Enemies
The arguments advanced to justify banning coffee imports from Brazil to the US rely on outliers representing a tiny portion of the workforce, not the norm.
With Bolsonaro Facing Prosecution, NYT Renews Attacks on Brazil’s Courts
The New York Times has embraced a toxic narrative pushed by former President Jair Bolsonaro and allies like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson to discredit Brazil’s court system.
NYT’s Bad Reporting on Brazil Predictably Used by GOP to Attack Democracy There
The New York Times has a long tradition of promoting fascists while crying censorship when a leftist government defends itself against coups.
‘I Knew They Had Fabricated a False Narrative’:
Interview with Estela Aranha on 'Twitter Files Brazil'
“I know all of the cases that they cherry-picked their text fragments from. They stitched together excerpts.”
US Media Suppressed Their Government’s Role in Ousting Brazil’s Government
US journalists remained silent about their government’s role in removing Brazil’s front-running presidential candidate in the 2018 elections.
NYT Worries Brazil Goes Too Far to Fight Far Right
The New York Times is traditionally soft on right-wing extremists while portraying leftist Latin American governments as authoritarian.
NYT Signals Lula’s Post-Bolsonaro Honeymoon Is Over
Two New York Times pieces may represent a troubling narrative shift in the newspaper of record’s Brazil coverage.
Western Outlets Send Warning to Lula Over Ukraine Dissent
As US economic power continues to wane, the US and its allies in the media continue to try to assert imperial influence over Latin America.
Media Spin Lula Victory as Defeat
Anglo media are treating the Brazilian first-round presidential elections as if the Brazilian Workers Party suffered a crushing defeat.
PBS and BBC Team Up to Misinform About Brazil’s Bolsonaro
Rise of the Bolsonaros tells the story of Brazil’s far-right president through sources like Steve Bannon and Bolsonaro’s son Flavio.
Fox Seeks Allies Across the Political Spectrum to Shill for Bolsonaro
Fox’s propaganda blitz preemptively sets the stage for the normalization of a possible military coup in Brazil this October.
NYT Fails to Examine Its Participation in Brazil’s ‘Biggest Judicial Scandal’
In article after article, the New York Times failed to share important information on the Lava Jato investigation. This helped normalize the 2016 coup and the removal of Lula from the 2018 presidential elections, which in turn opened the door for a neofascist/military takeover of Brazil.
Media Washes Hands of—and With—Boris Johnson
As the number of official deaths in Britain now exceeds those who died during the Blitz in World War II, British media have no alternative but to throw Johnson under the bus.
Bolsonaro Is Far From Alone in Putting Profits Over Lives—but He Is a Useful Scapegoat
Does Jair Bolsonaro’s initial reaction to and handling of the coronavirus crisis really differ in any significant measure from what US and UK leaders, and their media sycophants, have been saying and doing?
Netflix, Iran and the Documentary as Geopolitical Weapon
Netflix’s Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy is an entertainment product that advances US interests through character assassination of a popular left-wing Latin American leader.
As Lula Emerges From Prison, US Media Ignore How Washington Helped Put Him There
Despite the evidence of Lula’s innocence and illegal persecution, with the cooperation of the US DoJ, to remove him from the 2018 presidential elections, establishment media cling to a false narrative.
As Brazil Burns, Northern Media Deploy a Strategy of Deflection
As the world’s attention focused on the fire crisis last week, media companies employed several strategies to deflect attention from its root causes.
Media Blackout on Brazil’s Anti-Bolsonaro Protests
Downplaying and ignoring organized resistance supports Bolsonaro’s sub-fascist project for Brazil, and the US corporations that benefit from it.
