@mcfernandes is one of the best journalists in traditional media. She does absolutely serious work and has not invented a fake news. She made a sharp observation, moreover, most likely based on inquiries with people inside the Catholic Church. Before her, I had already mentioned on TV Fórum that I found the movement of bishops and priests on social media defending democracy and sovereignty strange, and they made it clear in posts on social media that part of the Church was positioning itself against Flávio Bolsonaro's candidacy. A video of bishops from the Amazon region is what caught my attention to this. But after that, several others appeared. Pastor Zé Barbosa explained this movement. There was a reaction to Flávio's statement that his first act would be to hand the country over to Lord Jesus. Church leaders understood that statement as anti-Catholic due to the value that the Church places on Mary and Our Lady Aparecida, especially in Brazil. The fact that the Catholic Church has saints is something traditionally fought against by the vast majority of evangelical denominations, and Maria Cristina did not invent the project of a former Bolsonaro deputy who is running for election. It exists. It is archived and can be unarchived at any moment. Church sources may have alerted her to this. What astonishes me in all this is that despite the massacre that the colleague in the profession is going through, very few journalists have come to her defense. Either they preferred silence or are saying that she produced a fake news. In much less serious cases of attacks, many of them have gone to social media and used their platforms to defend freedom of the press and expression. Now they join the mob that will likely silence them if their candidate is elected. The same silence is happening with professional journalist organizations. They are silent. What they are doing to an excellent professional is absolutely repugnant. Nothing is more cowardly and shameful. As they also remained silent in the face of the terrifically evangelical minister's decision to censor the networks of hundreds of people. In a decision he took 40 minutes to make. I hope this silence and massacre towards Maria Cristina does not cost democracy in Brazil. Because if that happens, these journalist colleagues will have been complicit along with their organizations. (translated)
