-----Mensagem original----- De: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]Em nome de Michael Pollak Enviada em: sexta-feira, 19 de julho de 2002 22:57 Para: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Assunto: Free Brazilian air-time
I just read an account of the Brazilian presidential campaign that made it sound like free air time for candidates is dealt out on a strange revolving basis, where one of the candidates gets most of the air time one month, then another the next, and another next -- leading to corresponding wild rises and falls in the polls. Is this true, or was the account garbled? And if it is true, how did such a system come into being?
Michael
It´s 100% true. Parties with Congressional representation have the right to free airtime, just like you stated. But this isn´t the main distortion. The big problem is that in the 75 days before election, this free air time is distributed according to Congressional representation, so the "official" party (or coalition) has much more time than the opposition groups.
Alexandre Fenelon