WHOARETHEACTIVIST ANDENGAGEDWEARE TALKINGABOUT? A look at the Brazilian commercial press and political positioning as a journalistic strategyof objectivity

Abstract

In this article we initially problematize the terms activist/militant/ engaged and how they should also be included to qualify the Brazilian commercial press. We then perform a theoretical contrast of these terms and propose the idea that political positioning is being practiced in newsrooms, which they may also not announce. The research is based on a bibliographic review and critical analysis of elements of journalistic objectivity. We point, in the end, to a reflective practice (announced or not) that collaborates for a necessary greater democratic density in the Brazilian press.