PM,
In my country (just as an example of many others) the media does not spare the government, on the contrary the government’s actions are constantly being reviewed, analysed and criticized in newspapers and TV news and open debates. It’s an open book and not buyist, because if it’s not the case, those who cover or try to embellish also become under investigation and reported by the media!
It's fare to say that in Portugal, the media is the voice of the people and NOT of the government, as it was in the past, when we were governed by a dictator.
What happened in the US, post-911, in the Bush Administration era - the media's almost general blind support of the government - could never happen in today's democratic Portugal. The diversity of the parliament and of the media itself, would never allow such situation.
PM,
In my country (just as an example of many others) the media does not spare the government, on the contrary the government’s actions are constantly being reviewed, analysed and criticized in newspapers and TV news and open debates. It’s an open book and not buyist, because if it’s not the case, those who cover or try to embellish also become under investigation and reported by the media!
It's fare to say that in Portugal, the media is the voice of the people and NOT of the government, as it was in the past, when we were governed by a dictator.
What happened in the US, post-911, in the Bush Administration era - the media's almost general blind support of the government - could never happen in today's democratic Portugal. The diversity of the parliament and of the media itself, would never allow such situation.
Too bad, this isn't the case in the entire world!