Abstract

MARQUES, Francisco Paulo Jamil; MONT'ALVERNE, Camila  and  MITOZO, Isabele Batista. The journalism as a political actor: A quantitative-qualitative study on the Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment in the editorials of Folha and Estadão. OBS* [online]. 2018, vol.12, n.3, pp.224-245. ISSN 1646-5954.

This article examines how Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo expressed their political position on the impeachment of the former president Dilma Rousseff in editorials. The comparative study encompasses quantitative and qualitative approaches of 507 texts (FSP=156; OESP=351) that mentioned “impeachment” or “impedimento”, published between 2015 and 2016. The hypotheses are: 1) Both newspapers build the legitimacy of Rousseff’s removal according to the institutional calendar; 2) Both newspapers present similar points of view regarding the process; 3) Both newspapers anchor the legitimacy of Rousseff’s impeachment on legal pleas. By using a Content Analysis, we argue that: FSP and OESP mention the impeachment process even before its institutional beginning; both of them are concerned about constructing the impeachment’s legitimacy but use diverse arguments to justify it; OESP supports the process as the best exit for the crisis; FSP prefers the president and her vice-president to resign, an action that should be followed by new elections.

Keywords : Political Journalism; Editorials; Impeachment.

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