#AlJazeera Chega: How Portugal’s media gave populism a megaphone | The Listening Post

The party’s leader, André Ventura, has become one of the country’s most recognisable political figures. His rise has been fuelled by his television background and carefully crafted media persona. The onetime football pundit has become a political showman.

And he’s been amplified by the country’s mainstream media, who have chasing ratings over accountability.

Feature contributors:
Miguel Carvalho – Journalist
Inês Narciso – Disinformation researcher, Iscte-Iul
Anabela Neves – Journalist, CNN Portugal

Presenter – Ryan Kohls
Producer – Iraklis Taxiarchis

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