We often hear how important it is to stay informed, especially when anything can become a topic for the ENEM essay. Joking aside, we must remember that it is indeed important to stay updated and follow the news.
This brings us to a second point that is just as important: journalism. Have you ever stopped to think about everything it means to have multiple sources of information, watch various news programs, and follow the news in real time? All of this demonstrates the role that journalism plays in strengthening democracy, disseminating news and keeping the population capable of analyzing and forming their own opinions.
Therefore, we must always keep in mind the importance of journalism operating with freedom of expression, bringing topics of public interest to light, controlling any form of corruption, and combating any type of repression of this information.
After all, we know many stories of dictatorial regimes; here in Brazil, we lived through one for 21 years. During that period, everything that was reported had to pass through censorship, and not only news, but music and films also had to go through this evaluation. Just imagine, living without freedom of the press and expression; we probably wouldn't have cases like the following in the history of journalism.
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Watergate case
It's one of those stories that seems more like something out of a movie than reality, in which journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein published one of the best-known articles in the history of the Washington Post.
The pair discovered that a break-in at the Democratic Party offices was orchestrated by Richard Nixon, who was running for re-election as president in 1972. The discovery was only published after Nixon's re-election, which led him to resign from the presidency.
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"I don't know why women like uniforms so much."
Title of Fabiana Moraes' report exposing abusive practices by the Military Police of Pernambuco. The journalist showed that abuses, including sexual abuse, were committed against black women from the outskirts of the state.
The text gained this title because of a statement made by Wilson Damázio, then Secretary of Social Defense. Damázio said in an interview that women have sexual fetishes for men in uniform; the case caused a stir and ended in the secretary's resignation.
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Pit 312
In her investigative journalism book, Daniela Arbex reveals the story of the death of Milton Soares de Castro, a militant of the Caparaó Guerrilla. Until then, suicide was the official version of Milton's death, but this was debunked by the journalist, who proved that the guerrilla fighter was murdered during torture sessions carried out during the Brazilian military dictatorship.
During the investigation, Daniela had access to photos of the body, forensic reports from the cell where the crime occurred, and had the suicide theory dismissed by one of the experts who performed the autopsy at the time of the crime. After the journalist's discovery, the authorities apologized and acknowledged the practice of torture against Milton Soares Castro.
