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Coverage of the elections of April, 1975 in the Diário de Notícias and the Jornal Novo: a case study

Lima, Helena; Luis, Rita

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The Portuguese Revolution of April 1974 ended 48 years of dictatorship. The political evolution that followed the coup gave rise to a revolutionary process, the On-Going Revolutionary Period, which gained momentum, after March 11, 1975, opening "the path to socialism". As a side effect, the state became the owner of almost all the press. The first democratic elections took place on April 25, 1975. For the first time in almost 50 years, the press had the opportunity to do the cover in an environment of freedom of expression. However, the media were not immune to the revolutionary process and the newspapers were affected by the struggle for control of the information. The purpose of this study is a first approach in order to understand the news process and strategies to cover the electoral campaign in the press. The methodology will rely on a comparative analysis of the journalist formats in Diário de Notícas and Jornal Novo, chosen for de difference of each journalistic format and almost opposite editorial status.

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Como ci a es e a ículo: LIMA, Helena y LUIS, Ri a (2018): “Co e age o he elec ions o Ap il, 1975 in he Diá io de No ícias and he Jo nal No o: a case s udy”, en Re is a In e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, nº 11, pp. 23-40. 23 COVERAGE OF THE ELECTIONS OF APRIL, 1975 IN THE DIÁRIO DE NOTÍCIAS AND THE JORNAL NOVO: A STUDY CASE Cobe u a de las elecciones de ab il de 1975 en el Diá io de No ícias y el Jo nal No o: un caso de es udio DOI: h p://dx.doi.o g/10.12795/RiHC.2018.i11.03 Recibido: 07/10/2018 Acep ado: 10/12/2018 Publicado: 15/12/2018 Helena Lima ORCID h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0003-3023-6412 Uni e sidade do Opo o, hllima@le as.up.p Ri a Luis ORCID Uni e sidade NOVA de Lisboa, [email p o ec ed].p Helena Lima y Ri a Luis Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 24 Abs ac : The Po uguese Re olu ion o Ap il 1974 ended 48 yea s o dic a o ship. The poli ical e olu ion ha ollowed he coup ga e ise o a e olu iona y p ocess, he On- Going Re olu iona y Pe iod, which gained momen um, a e Ma ch 11, 1975, opening " he pa h o socialism". As a side e ec , he s a e became he owne o almos all he p ess. The i s democ a ic elec ions ook place on Ap il 25, 1975. Fo he i s ime in almos 50 yea s, he p ess had he oppo uni y o do he co e in an en i onmen o eedom o exp ession. Howe e , he media we e no immune o he e olu iona y p ocess and he newspape s we e a ec ed by he s uggle o con ol o he in o ma ion. The pu pose o his s udy is a i s app oach in o de o unde s and he news p ocess and s a egies o co e he elec o al campaign in he p ess. The me hodology will ely on a compa a i e analysis o he jou nalis o ma s in Diá io de No ícas and Jo nal No o, chosen o de di e ence o each jou nalis ic o ma and almos opposi e edi o ial s a us. Keywo ds: Democ a ic Elec ions, P ess Co e age, Elec ion Campaign, Diá io de No ícias, Jo nal No o Resumen: La Re olución po uguesa de ab il de 1974 puso in a 48 años de dic adu a. La e olución polí ica del golpe mili a dio paso a un p oceso e oluciona io, P oceso Re oluciona io en Cu so, que cob ó impulso, después del 11 de ma zo de 1975, ab iendo así "el camino al socialismo". Como e ec o cola e al, el Es ado se con i ió en el p opie a io de casi oda la p ensa, que pe enecía pa cial o o almen e a emp esas banca ias y g upos económicos. Las p ime as elecciones democ á icas u ie on luga el 25 de ab il de 1975 y la p ensa u o la opo unidad de cub i es e momen o his ó ico en un ambien e de libe ad de exp esión. El p opósi o de es e es udio es un p ime abo daje pa a comp ende el p oceso de no icias y las es a egias pa a cub i la campaña elec o al en la p ensa. La me odología se basa á en un análisis compa a i o de los o ma os pe iodís icos en Diá io de No ícias y Jo nal No o, jus amen e escogidos po la di e encia de dimensión y capacidad no iciosa y su es a u o edi o ial casi opues o. Palab as cla e: Elecciones Democ á icas, Cobe u a de P ensa, Campaña Elec o al, Diá io de No ícias, Jo nal No o 1. His o ical con ex s and de elopmen s and e ec s on he news media On Ap il 25 1974 a coup d’e a pu an end o 48 yea s o au ho i a ian ule in Po ugal. Coming om he lowe anks o he mili a y, he Cap ains Mo emen , la e MFA (Mo emen o he A med Fo ces), his was a coup uelled by 13 yea s o colonial wa and he belie ha only a democ a iza ion o he egime would be able o pu an end o i (Sánchez, 1993). Disobeying mili a y o de s and coming massi ely o he s ee s, Co e age o he elec ions o Ap il, 1975 in he Diá io de No ícias and he Jo nal No o: a case s udy Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 25 he Po uguese people’s esponse, om he i s momen s o he coup, soon u ned i in o a e olu iona y p ocess (Rosas, 2004) whe e he mili a y became also engaged agen s (Palacios, 2003), alongside wi h poli ical pa ies and g ass oo mo emen s (San os, 1990; Be meo, 1986; Du án, 1997; Ramos Pin o, 2013) de o ed o ques ions conce ning housing, land e o m, wo ke s o women’s igh s, among o he s. On an ins i u ional le el, hough, he mili a y would main ain hei p esence un il 1982, when he Re olu ion Council, ins i u ionalized a e he ailed coun e - e olu iona y coup o Ma ch 11 1975, headed by he o me P esiden o he Republic, Gene al Spínola, was ex inc by a Cons i u ional e ision (Rezola, 2007). Bu in he a e ma h o he coup a Jun a de Sal ação Nacional (Na ional Sal a ion Jun a) was appoin ed and un il he elec ion o Má io Soa es as P esiden o he Republic in 1986, his o ice was hold by a mili a y cad e: Gene al Cos a Gomes was appoin ed a e he dismissal Gene al Spínola, in la e Sep embe 1974. The e olu ion o he p ocess implied he aliena ion o Spínola, who was in ol ed in se e al a emp ed coun e - coups, and he eme gence o he MFA as a p eponde an poli ical subjec . Cos a Gomes became he in e im P esiden o he Republic du ing he oubled imes ha ollowed and, e en ually, Gene al Ramalho Eanes became he i s democ a ic p esiden elec ed, in July 1976. Also a mili a y cad e we e he p ime-minis e s o he i s six p o isional go e nmen s - Palma Ca los, Vasco Gonçal es, Pinhei o de Aze edo – un il he i s cons i u ional elec ions on Ap il 25 1976, when Má io Soa es became he i s ci ilian elec ed p ime-minis e . In wha conce ns o he ealm o he media, he ans o ma ion b ough by he e olu iona y p ocess was signi ican . The e we e impo an al e a ions in legisla ion, owne ship s uc u e o media en e p ises and poli ical s anding wi hin he same en e p ises. Fi s ly, because he e olu iona y p ocess ended wi h a censo ship sys em ha was had de eloped and pe ec ed du ing he Es ado No o ( he New S a e: he denomina ion o he dic a o ship acco ding o Salaza ’s poli ical ision ha began in 1930 and was consolida ed by he 1933 Cons i u ional Law). The e usal o some newspape s o p esen hei daily issue o he censo ship o ice was ollowed by legisla i e ac ion in o de o egula e p ess eedom (c . The P ess law o 1975) ha despi e some a emp s o egula ion o he news low (c . he “Ad hoc Commission o he media”, he “Jesuíno P ojec ” o “Mili a y sec e s Law”) disman led he p e iously exis en censo ship sys em. The eedom o he p ess gene a ed a sense o news p ac ice, d i en o ac uali y. The a mosphe e o new poli ical e en s ga e way o he econ igu a ion o he jou nalis ic agenda, ma ked by a a ie y o sou ces (Lima, 2014). The newspape s and pa icula ly he adio and TV became a na u al means o announcing a acks on he e olu ion, unde mining o he de ea o “ he enemies” and o he kinds o “ h ea s”, whe he eal o imagina y. The na ionaliza ion o he banks and insu ance companies ha ensued Helena Lima y Ri a Luis Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 26 he ailed coun e - e olu iona y coup in Ma ch 1975 changed he owne ship s uc u e o Po uguese newspape s comple ely: he g ea majo i y o hem owned, o ally o pa ially, by banks, we e na ionalized wi h he s a us o “in e ened”. Excep ions o his p ocess we e Lisbon’s daily República and Po o’s P imei o de Janei o (Cab e a, 2006; Lima, 2014). Amid his p ocess, he ole o he media was equen ly concep ualized as p imo dial a poli ical ool, which ga e ise o se e al cases o con lic in news ou le s such as adio Renascença o newspape s like República (Mesqui a, 1994a; Ribei o 2002; San os, 2005). The p eponde ance o he mili a y by Ap il 1975, when people in Po ugal we e called, o he i s ime in 48 yea s, o eely elec , wi h uni e sal su age, a Cons i u ional Assembly aimed a p oducing a Cons i u ion ha would eplace he Es ado No o. The elec ions we e a cen al poli ical ma e , gi en ha a pac had been signed be ween mos Poli ical pa ies and he MFA (Pac o MFA- Pa idos) eins a ing he la e ’s ole in Po uguese socie y independen ly o he elec o al p ocess esul s. Ou side o he pac emained pa ies like he Mona chis Popula Pa y (PPM), despi e ha ing been p esen a he able o nego ia ions, and le is pa ies ha none heless would un in he elec ions: MES, UDP, FEC (m-l), PUP and LCI. Thus, he elec ions we e cen al in he poli ical p ocess and a majo subjec o he p ess. Acco ding o CNE ( he Na ional Elec o al Commi ee), 14 poli ical o ganiza ions we e p esen in he poles. This commi ee would publish all he o ing numbe s on Diá io da República ( he o icial bulle in) in May 19, 1975, and, acco ding o i , he mos ele an esul s we e he Socialis Pa y (PS) wi h 38%, he Social Democ a Pa y (PPD) wi h 26%, he Communis Pa y (PCP) wi h 12%, he Democ a ic Social Cen e (CDS) wi h 8%, he Popula Democ a ic Mo emen - Democ a ic Elec o al Commi ee (MDP- CDE) 4%, he Democ a ic Popula Union (UDP) and he Associa ion o he De ence o Macau’s In e es s (ADIM), bo h wi h less han 1%, bu ha managed o elec one ep esen a i e each. These pa liamen ep esen a i es would o e he Cons i u ional Law o 1976, only wi h he excep ion o he CDS. The esul s we e seen by some as a su p ise, gi en he low pe cen age o he Communis Pa y and adical le -wing o ganiza ions. The news aming o hese esul s depended on he poli ical pe spec i e. The ollowing examples a e om he newspape s analysed in his s udy. Diá io de No ícias headline enhanced he ic o y o he le -wing endency: “The socialis way con i med” and “The Alliance People –MFA was he winne ”, while Jo nal No o’s headline was “Vic o y o he p og essi e o ces”, bu also “Elec ions – The People in o es” and he in e iew o Má io Soa es: “The esul s will change he go e nmen ”. The e alua ion o he esul s could ei he s ess a ic o y o he Le o , a i hme ically speaking, he majo i y o social democ acy ep esen ed by he PS and PSD, in a mo e cen e o ien ed Co e age o he elec ions o Ap il, 1975 in he Diá io de No ícias and he Jo nal No o: a case s udy Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 27 pe spec i e. Ei he way, he ollowing pe iod would be a igh o he legi imacy o he elec o al esul s. 2. Case s udy: he elec ions o 1975 in he Diá io de No ícias and he Jo nal No o, a compa a i e app oach. The analysis o he elec ions o 1975 in Diá io de No ícias and Jo nal No o ies o ackle a compa a i e analysis o wo edi o ial o ma s, bu also seeks o unde s and how wo newspape s wi h di e en , almos opposi e cha ac e is ics, ea ed his jou nalis ic e en o maximum newswo hiness. The elec ions o Ap il 25, 1975 we e he i s o allow he democ a ic o e a e he down all o he dic a o ship ha had been in place o 48 yea s, du ing which he media we e con olled by a e y s ic censo ship appa a us. Thus, he i s ee elec ions dese ed a p ominen place in he pages o he Po uguese p ess, and conside ing he news hie a chy, hey became a op subjec in he co e s’ headlines. In his sense, his s udy app oaches jou nalis ic p ocedu es and ca ego izes and quan i ies he news in o de o unde s and he e ec s o composi ion, hie a chy o news and jou nalis ic gen es used o con ey he edi o ial s a egies o Diá io de No ícias and Jo nal No o. The jou nalis ic gen es complemen ed by he sou ces p esen in he news may p o ide a deepe unde s anding o each newspape on an o ganiza ional le el, bu , e en ually, he hypo hesis o di e en edi o ial s ands. In 1975, Diá io de No ícias was he la ges Po uguese newspape . I had been launched by Edua do Coelho and Quin ino An unes, in 1864 and his cen ennial daily was he i s example o a news p ojec in Po ugal and quickly became an example o success. I las ed o mo e han a cen u y and i s daily p in ed edi ion was ended in 2018. I s g owing impo ance was ecognized by he Es ado No o dic a o ship and his newspape became s a e-owned and i s edi o ial s a was ca e ully con olled by a ai h ul edi o ial boa d, en us ed by he poli ical egime. Despi e he ans o ma ions occu ed du ing he Ma celo Cae ano’s pe iod (1968- 1974), unde he leade ship o a new di ec o , Fe nando F agoso (Cab e a, 2006), he news oom emained da ed and li le ecep i e o inno a ion (Co eia, Bap is a, 2009). As a esul , Diá io de No icias was no well ega ded by he head o he Na ional Helena Lima y Ri a Luis Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 28 Sal a ion Jun a and i s di ec ion boa d was soon “saneada” (pu ges we e common a e he Re olu ion and in he p ess as in many companies, he boa ds ha we e ai h ul o he dic a o ship we e expelled and some imes imp isoned) and, by June 25, had been eplaced by José Ribei o dos San os and José Ca los Vasconcelos (Gomes, 2014), a e a p ocess o enqui y o he news oom. Gomes a gues ha he main goal o his edi o ial di ec ion was o clean he collabo a ionis s wi h he o me egime ha we e a s ong ace in his newspape . This new eam was also eplaced, now by Luís de Ba os and José Sa amago, whom, acco ding o Gomes, p ac iced a “jou nalism a he se ice o he e olu ion and he MFA” (2014: 299-300). A e he peak o he PREC, he ollowing eam in cha ge o he newspape , Ví o Cunha Rego and Má io Mesqui a, would y o disman le ha edi o ial guidance, in a eb anding e o o change he pa isan pu pose in o one o a mo e plu alis na u e (2014). Diá io de No ícias, howe e , would ne e be able o shake o he c i icism o being a newspape aligned wi h he poli ical powe , as Gomes also no ices (2014). F om an edi o ial poin o iew, in he edi ion o Ap il 4, 1975, and ma ching he pe iod i his s udy case, DN would s a e ha i s pu pose was o “se e he Po uguese People and he u h, agains he enemies o he Po uguese People, and he lie” and by so, ejec ing he idea o submi o “pa icula in e es s” (Apud Gomes, 2014: 58). A e he Re olu ion o Ap il 25, 1974, he Diá io de No ícias kep he op posi ion in e ms o uns (100,000), which, acco ding o Ca aco (2012: 424) was announced in he heade om 1923/25 un il 1976: " he g ea es ci cula ion and expansion o all he Po uguese newspape s. " The DN was a b oadshee newspape and had a g ea di e si y o news. The i s page had many news and he size o he headlines was a iable, bu he e was a clea di e ence be ween he cen al subjec s o he daily agenda and smalle ones. The news migh include a pho og aph o in og aphics and, as a ule, besides he i le and lead, he e was also a ex , a con igu a ion ha was possible hanks o i s size. The inclusion o a ied and abundan news was only possible hanks o he news oom, which in Lisbon and acco ding o Gomes (2014: 85), had mo e han 60 jou nalis s, in 1975. In he elec ions’ mon h, and in a b oad pe spec i e, he Diá io de No ícias’ co e included a a ie y o subjec s. S ill, being DN a newspape o eco d, he poli ical and he in e na ional agenda we e ob ious choices, bu poli ics as an edi o ial sec ion mus be ega ded in a comp ehensi e sense. O he opics in he headlines’ co e we e he ones ela ed o he mili a y ha e en hough one wouldn’ , in gene al, conside unde Poli ics, in his pa icula case, hey migh be ega ded as such, since hey owned he poli ical powe h ough he Conselho da Re olução (Re olu ion Council). The union demons a ions and s ikes, gi en he e olu iona y momen ha was in place a he ime, we e also equen and can be amed in he same pe spec i e. Thus, he co e age o he elec ion campaign eached he i s page, bu i s place was sha ed by he o he issues on he daily line-up. Co e age o he elec ions o Ap il, 1975 in he Diá io de No ícias and he Jo nal No o: a case s udy Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 29 In e ms o daily agenda, Jo nal No o, included he opics also add essed by Diá io de No ícias, bu he jou nalis ic app oach was conside ably di e en , gi en he dimensions and pu pose o his e ening pape . Jo nal No o was one o se e al newspape s published in he a e ma h o he e olu iona y pe iod wi h he pu pose o coun e ac he dominan and pa icula ly ac i e ea u e o he p ess unde s a e in e en ion, in which poli ical o ganiza ions and edi o ial boa ds impinged a adicalized le -wing edi o ial o ien a ion (Lima, 2014). Thus, newspape s such as O Jo nal, Jo nal No o, Tempo e Lu a sough o e en he e ec s o he e olu iona y mood and, in u n, o p esen an al e na i e edi o ial s and. Jo nal No o was launched on Ap il 17 by A u Po ela Filho, whom in he i s edi o ial poin ed ou he newspape mission: "Jou nalism o ac ion, in e en ion, cla i ica ion, he Jo nal No o e uses iolence, sec a ianism, seg ega ion. We know why we igh and also wha we igh agains , bu we know he bes way o igh is he compe en and calm pa icipa ion in he building o ou u u e." This daily a owed i sel as a socialis , bu in a mode a e pe spec i e. The p ojec o Jo nal No o, aiming o con adic he end o s a e-owned p ess, came om a g oup in cha ge o he mos powe ul associa ion o employe s a he ime, CIP, he Po uguese Indus ial Con ede a ion, who, acco ding o João Figuei a (2007), had a poli ical a he han a comme cial goal o his newspape . This idea s ems om he ac ha CIP closed a en able newspape when, poli ically, i was conside ed ha he e was no longe need o i , in he a e ma h o he cool down o he e olu iona y p ojec (Figuei a, 2007:217). Since Jo nal No o began i s edi ion in mid-Ap il, he co e age o he elec o al campaign was necessa ily smalle han in Diá io de No ícias. Howe e , he di e ences be ween he wo newspape s don’ esul only om he empo al gap. The Jo nal No o was an e ening pape , ha was published un il 1979. I was in a abloid in size and had a low numbe o pages, which limi ed he p in ing space and consequen ly he numbe o news. The news oom was much smalle han he DN’s (less han 20 jou nalis s), which accen ua es he dispa i y in e ms o news co e age. Also, in a global ision, Jo nal No o p esen ed, in Ap il o 1975, la ge-scale news a icles wi h less hema ic a ie y, in ela ion o Diá io de No ícias. Gi en his b ie cha ac e iza ion, he quan i a i e analysis ha ollows, somehow mi o s he di e en jou nalis ic o ma s and he o ganiza ional capaci y o each o hese newspape s. In spi e o he di e ences in ime in e al, he g ids con empla e all he news o he mon h o Ap il un il he publishing o he esul s o he elec ions, in o de o be e unde s and he composi ion e ec s o each newspape . The sample comp ehends a o al o 486 news, whe e all he ypes conside ed in he ca ego iza ion we e included, e en i no all o hem a e pa o adi ional jou nalis ic gen es. This ecollec ion enables he de ec ion o p ocesses o agenda-building and p iming, in he Helena Lima y Ri a Luis Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 30 sense ha public opinion may in luenced by he way news a e amed in an e alua ion le el h ough enhancing o de alua ion mechanisms, bu also by e ec s o epe i ion (Scheu ele, 2000; Shoemake , Reese, 2014). In addi ion, he second le el o analysis conside s he sou ces in he news, namely he ins i u ional sou ces and sub-ca ego ies iden i ied in he wo newspape s. A ha ime Po ugal was going h ough a e y pola ized poli ical momen and all he pa ies and o ganiza ions sough o be p esen in he p ess (Mesqui a, 1996a), bu o he poli ical ac o s aimed also o be in he news. Ins i u ional powe was di ided and he Mili a y had he s onge oice. The ela ion be ween jou nalis s and sou ces was o e whelming, gi en he amoun o o ganiza ions and indi iduali ies ha ied o in luence he public agenda and ha ega ded he newspape as means o p opaganda. In his ype o co e age, he a ibu ion is no e y ele an (Menche , 2000), since mos o he decla a ions we e made on he eco d, mos ly due o a gene al mood o poli ical deba e and public decla a ions. W i en communiqués we e also equen , bu du ing he campaign, and he e alua ion o he esul s, he commen s we e mo e o en used by poli ical pa ies and o he o ganiza ions. The e o e, we conside ins i u ional and non-ins i u ional sou ces and he concep o p ima y and seconda y sou ces, being he dis inc ion gi en by ela ion o his news e en . We also conside specialized sou ces in he sense ha hey b ing a deepe unde s anding on he ma e . Las bu no he leas , he anonymous sou ce is also aken in conside a ion and is ega ded in cases when he jou nalis ag ees o p o ec he iden i y o he spokespe son (San os, 2006). Conside ing he subjec o he Po uguese elec ions o 1975, a mo e disc imina ed ypi ica ion o sou ces is as ollows: Go e nmen , Poli ical pa ies/ o ganiza ions, Mili a y, O he ins i u ions, Specialized sou ces, O he news media, Agency, Anonymous sou ces and Seconda y sou ces. The news co e age in Diá io de No ícias and Jo nal No o p esen many di e ences bu also some common elemen s. The able below shows how he ca ego ies in Diá io de No ícias, aking in conside a ion all he news and di e en i ems ga he ed in Ap il o 1975. In his da a, all he news, ela ed news and jou nalism gen es, and all he en ances conside ed ela ed o he co e age we e included in a o al o 404 i ems. Co e age o he elec ions o Ap il, 1975 in he Diá io de No ícias and he Jo nal No o: a case s udy Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 31 G aph 1 – The elec ion co e age by Diá io de No ícias The global numbe s show ha he ca ego ies B ie News (156) and News (140) we e p edominan , ollowed by he Pho os (60), which con i ms a e y ac / ela ed app oach by Diá io de No ícias. The ca ego ies News Repo / Fea u e (1) and In e iew (1) had small signi icance. They a e no mally used in he co e age o impo an news subjec s, whe e he e ec o composi ion is e y impo an , namely o gi e he eade s a b oade pe cep ion and deepe means o in e p e a ion on p ominen news co e age. S ill, his daily p esen ed i e edi o ials on he elec ions and h ee Opinion columns. Ano he ea u e o he composi ion e ec , he Ch onicle is absen , howe e he e was a special column ha add essed he in e p e a ion o he elec o al esul s. This newspape didn’ conside he newswo hiness o In e na ional ela ed news. Helena Lima y Ri a Luis Re is a in e nacional de His o ia de la Comunicación, Nº11, Vol.1, año 2018, pp. 23-40 38 news. Howe e , he ele ance was no con i med by e ec s o composi ion, conside ing he low numbe o explana o y a icles. Jo nal No o showed a lowe numbe o news, bu he a icles had a he a bigge dimension and he explana o y s a egy was mo e ob ious. In e ms o he news hie a chy, conside ing he subjec s in he co e s, i is also possible o assess e ec s o p iming in he wo newspape s. They p esen he same numbe o headlines abou he elec ions. Howe e , his ca ego y gains mo e ele ance in Jo nal No o, conside ing i s i s day o publica ion. Acco dingly, he p iming s a egy migh be conside ed mo e e iden in his newspape . The las le el o analysis a e sou ces men ioned in he news, which may gi e elemen s o a be e unde s anding in he agenda-building. 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