Jornal Pequeno Explained

Jornal Pequeno is a Brazilian newspaper. It is published in the Brazilian state of Maranhão and is one of the most read printed newspapers in the state.[1] [2] "Jornal Pequeno" means "small newspaper" in Portuguese.

Jose Sarney and Jornal Pequeno

The newspaper is known in Maranhão for its conflicted relationship with the former Brazilian president Jose Sarney, in which the newspaper moved from being his supporter in 1965[3] to being such a fierce opposition to Sarney[4] that its founder was called a blackmailer by the former president himself.[3]

Sarney was also a plaintiff against Jornal Pequeno at the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice in a case of defamation, a charge that was upheld by the court in 2017, which ordered Jornal Pequeno to pay Sarney the sum of forty thousand Brazilian Reais.[5]

Despite the acrimonious history between the two, in 2022 Sarney published a friendly article on the online edition of Jornal Pequeno discussing about his personal preference for printed newspapers instead of online media vehicles as sources of journalistic information[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-03-21 . Jornais impressos do Maranhão fazem manchetes iguais para mandar recado à população - Imirante.com . 2024-07-22 . Imirante . pt-BR.
  2. Web site: . 2024-07-22 . Jornal Pequeno .
  3. Web site: Tambor . Agência . 2022-07-17 . Sarney chama fundador do Jornal Pequeno de chantagista. . 2024-07-22 . Agência Tambor . pt-BR.
  4. Web site: 2006-09-01 . Election and Censorship Dialectics in the Brazilian Blogosphere . 2024-07-22 . Global Voices . en.
  5. Web site: 2017-03-22 . Jornal maranhense deve indenizar Sarney em R$ 40 mil por danos morais . 2024-07-22 . Migalhas . pt-br.
  6. Web site: Sarney . Jose . Jose Sarney . 2022-07-24 . De volta ao papel . 2024-07-22 . Jornal Pequeno . pt-BR.