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There was no attack on freedom of the press. There was a procedural error with real institutional implications. But in politics, procedural errors are paid for at the price of substance.
The issue concerns an incident that occurred at the last municipal council meeting, following the publication of a news report about the Coimbra Cinema House.
The union expresses “deep concern” regarding this decision concerning a report that focuses “on public interest,” considering it an act “of conditioning freedom of the press.”
Vitor Fernandes requested clarifications and access to administrative documents, for which he was accused of “harassment” by Isabel Ferreira. The union considered the action an attack on freedom of the press.
PÚBLICO's Style Guide dispenses with the obligation to be “neutral when fundamental values are at stake”, such as those related to human rights or to “tolerance and intolerance”. Opinion by João Garcia
