RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday told a journalist that contested his regular refusal to put on a mask to”shut up” and named Globo Group, the nation’s biggest media conglomerate,”shitty.” “Close your mouth! You’re creeps! You clinic pornographic journalism, which will not help whatsoever.
You ruin the Brazilian household, ruin the Native faith!” Bolsonaro lashed out in the reporter following a military service in Guaratingueta, at the country of Sao Paulo.
The journalist in TV Vanguarda, a channel by the Globo network,’d contacted the far-right former military officer he was fined in a number of countries for refusing to put on a mask in encounters along with his fans.
After the reporter pointed out that Bolsonaro had came in the ceremony with no face covering, then Bolsonaro snapped :”I come because I need, when I need.
I take good care of my life” Immediately after, he removed the black mask he was sporting at the moment, and announced:”Today you may place it upon the Jornal Nacional (Globo’s favorite nightly newscast):”I’m not wearing a mask at Guaratingueta.
Are you happy today?” Ever since coming to power in January 2019, Bolsonaro has attacked the press.
On Mondayhe also continued his harangue by announcing that”Globo is really a shitty media.
You’re a crap press…
should you see Globo, you receive misinformation.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself to do such a bad job,” he explained.
The Globo Group has been quick to respond.
“The president won’t slow or inhibit the job of the media in Brazil by yelling or using Caution,” it said in an announcement.
Bolsonaro also railed from CNN Brazil, accusing it of using”commended” demonstrations which continue Sunday brought together thousands of individuals to seize the government’s policy against the coronavirus outbreak, that has left more than 500,000 dead from the nation.
Bolsonaro has compared any social distancing or isolation steps since the beginning of the outbreak, also has questioned the effectiveness of the viability of masks, while still boosting drugs which don’t have any proven efficacy in combating the virus.
“As long as I’m president…
we will fight that citizens possess weapons and aren’t obliged to use masks,” he said Thursday in his weekly live application.