Between the invasion of “foreign capitals” and the consolidation of television: The press and the public debates around the Rede Globo/Time-Life agreement, 1964-1967

• Autor(a) principal: Halperin, Paula
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Antíteses
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/36498
• topic: History of the press; Brazilian military dictatorship; Rede Globo/Time-Life agrément; History of Rede Globo; História; História da imprensa; Ditadura militar; Acordo Rede Globo/Time-Life; História da Rede Globo; História

This article analyzes the debate in the Brazilian mainstream press about the agreement signed between Rede Globo and midia conglomerate Time-Life in 1962. It seeks to illuminate the position of the main newspapers within the complex political configuration created by the military coup in 1964. The debate originated in the Rio de Janeiro that year revolved around the unconstitutionality of foreign investments in national media companies. Carlos Lacerda, then governor of Guanabara, carried out a real public campaign of denunciation considering the agreement antinational and in violation of the Constitution (which prohibited foreign groups from owning or investing in media companies). In 1966, the public discussion had expanded to São Paulo, and the pressure exerted by the press had the Parliament forced to formally investigate the agreement. In March 1967, the federal government declared the allegations unfounded, closing the inquiry. The article contributes to the debate about the historicization of the political process developed in those first three years of government and the complex place the press had in it.