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A country that gets emotional over television narratives, but remains indifferent to its own fragilities, becomes a spectator of its own stagnation.
Nuno Santos, director of CNN Portugal, reflects on the role of the TVI/CNN Portugal Tracking Poll in the presidential campaign, notably on whether it has changed the voting intentions of the Portuguese, who, he recalls, 'have sufficient information to make an informed decision when they go to vote, without it being solely influenced by the information collected.'
Social media are the breeding ground, but there is a relationship of dependence between the media and the leader of Chega that helps explain the politician’s success as much as it helps explain the deterioration of debate in democracies. Ventura, who appears to his voters as the only person who speaks the truths that must be told, lies with alarming ease, manipulates without any burden on his conscience, and defends freedom of expression only for himself.
