- Jornal Nacional
The Jornal Nacional (Portuguese for National News) is the most influential
news program inBrazil and is aired byRede Globo sinceSeptember 1 ,1969 . This program name was named commemorating the sponsor at that time,Banco Nacional . Presented by the husband and wife team of William Bonner and Fátima Bernardes from the main news studios of Globo inRio de Janeiro .The program has maintained the same format since it started: It starts with a brief summary of all the important news that it is about to report. After this brief introduction, news pertaining to many subjects like
politics ,culture andsports are read by the hosts with a neutral point of view.Controversy
However, Jornal Nacional's impartiality has been questioned numerous times by certain political parties and institutions. A particularly common complaint is that Jornal Nacional's edited version of the 1989 presidential debate was essential to
Fernando Collor 's victory over Lula. Globo has since apologized dedicating a whole chapter to the incident on Jornal Nacional Official Book released in 2005.
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