Questão 6d0e9595-eb
Prova:CÁSPER LÍBERO 2009
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Say which sentence is true according to the text above.
Say which sentence is true according to the text above.
Read the article below and answer question.
The El Mercurio File
By Peter Kornbluh
“For the better part of two years, a group of editors, journalism students, and human rights lawyers
in Santiago, Chile, have been gathering evidence against their country’s leading media mogul, Agustín
Edwards, to, at minimum, have him expelled from the press guild, the Academy of Chilean Journalists.
The editor of the leftist magazine Puncto Final, Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing
Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics by conspiring with the Nixon White House and the
CIA between 1970 and 1973 to foment the military coup that overthrew the elected government of
Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, thirty years ago this month.
‘Doonie’, as Edwards is known to his closest friends, is the patriarch of the press – a Chilean Rupert
Murdoch. His media empire encompasses Chile’s renowned national newspaper, El Mercurio, a
second national paper, Ultimas Noticias, and Santiago’s leading afternoon paper, La Segunda, along
with a dozen smaller regional journals. In September 1970, when Chileans narrowly elected Allende,
a Socialist, to the presidency, Edwards was widely considered to be the richest man in Chile – and the
individual with the most to lose financially from Allende’s election.
The ethics charges against Edwards are likely to receive a boost from a careful analysis of formerly
secret U.S. documents that shed considerable new light on CIA covert media operations in Chile.
Since 1975, when a special congressional committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church issued
its report, Covert Action in Chile: 1963-1973, it has been no secret that the CIA provided significant
funding to El Mercurio, put reporters and editors on its payroll, and used the paper, in the committee’s
words, as ‘the most important channel for anti-Allende propaganda.’ But with the declassification of
thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration, the history of the ‘El
Mercurio Project’ emerges in far greater detail. Among the key revelations in the documents:
• Even before Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile, Edwards came to Washington and
discussed with the CIA the ‘timing for possible military action’ to prevent Allende from taking
office.
• President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper. The White House approve
close to $2 million dollars – a significant sum when turned into Chilean currency on the black
market.
• Secret CIA cables from mid-1973 identified El Mercurio as among the ‘most militant parts of the
opposition’ pushing for military intervention to overthrow Allende.• In the aftermath of the coup, the CIA continued to covertly finance media operations in order to
influence Chilean public opinion in favor of the new military regime, despite General Pinochet’s
brutal repression.”
From: KORNBLUH, Peter. “The El Mercurio File”. Columbia Journalism Review. New York, p.14-15,
September/October 2007.
Read the article below and answer question.
The El Mercurio File
By Peter Kornbluh
“For the better part of two years, a group of editors, journalism students, and human rights lawyers
in Santiago, Chile, have been gathering evidence against their country’s leading media mogul, Agustín
Edwards, to, at minimum, have him expelled from the press guild, the Academy of Chilean Journalists.
The editor of the leftist magazine Puncto Final, Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing
Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics by conspiring with the Nixon White House and the
CIA between 1970 and 1973 to foment the military coup that overthrew the elected government of
Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, thirty years ago this month.
‘Doonie’, as Edwards is known to his closest friends, is the patriarch of the press – a Chilean Rupert
Murdoch. His media empire encompasses Chile’s renowned national newspaper, El Mercurio, a
second national paper, Ultimas Noticias, and Santiago’s leading afternoon paper, La Segunda, along
with a dozen smaller regional journals. In September 1970, when Chileans narrowly elected Allende,
a Socialist, to the presidency, Edwards was widely considered to be the richest man in Chile – and the
individual with the most to lose financially from Allende’s election.
The ethics charges against Edwards are likely to receive a boost from a careful analysis of formerly
secret U.S. documents that shed considerable new light on CIA covert media operations in Chile.
Since 1975, when a special congressional committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church issued
its report, Covert Action in Chile: 1963-1973, it has been no secret that the CIA provided significant
funding to El Mercurio, put reporters and editors on its payroll, and used the paper, in the committee’s
words, as ‘the most important channel for anti-Allende propaganda.’ But with the declassification of
thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration, the history of the ‘El
Mercurio Project’ emerges in far greater detail. Among the key revelations in the documents:
• Even before Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile, Edwards came to Washington and
discussed with the CIA the ‘timing for possible military action’ to prevent Allende from taking
office.
• President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper. The White House approve
close to $2 million dollars – a significant sum when turned into Chilean currency on the black
market.
• Secret CIA cables from mid-1973 identified El Mercurio as among the ‘most militant parts of the
opposition’ pushing for military intervention to overthrow Allende.
• In the aftermath of the coup, the CIA continued to covertly finance media operations in order to
influence Chilean public opinion in favor of the new military regime, despite General Pinochet’s
brutal repression.”
From: KORNBLUH, Peter. “The El Mercurio File”. Columbia Journalism Review. New York, p.14-15,
September/October 2007.
A
President Nixon authorized the foundation of the newspaper.
B
The CIA and White House records were put out of order under Clinton’s administration.
C
The group of editors, human rights lawyers and journalism students want to worship the
owner of El Mercurio, a mainstream newspaper.
D
Ethics is the issue that prevails in the charges against the owner of El Mercurio.
E
Cabieses put the documents in the dead file.
Gabarito comentado
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Gabarito: D
Fundamento decisivo: O critério decisivo é a correspondência literal/semântica com o texto-base. O trecho "Manuel Cabieses, has filed a formal petition accusing Edwards of violating the academy’s code of ethics" é o elemento determinante porque mostra que a acusação formulada contra Edwards tem base ética; por isso, a alternativa correta é D.
Tema central: acusação ética no texto
Análise das alternativas
A
Errada
Está errada porque troca o fato narrado. O texto diz: "President Nixon directly authorized massive funding in the newspaper". Funding é financiamento, não fundação/criação do jornal. O erro da alternativa é lexical e altera o conteúdo factual.
B
Errada
Está errada porque distorce o sentido de "declassification". O texto afirma: "with the declassification of thousands of CIA and White House records at the end of Clinton administration". Declassification significa retirada de sigilo, não "put out of order". A alternativa muda completamente o valor semântico da informação.
C
Errada
Está errada porque inverte o propósito do grupo. O texto afirma que eles estão "gathering evidence against" Edwards para, ao menos, "have him expelled from the press guild". Isso é acusação e tentativa de sanção, o oposto de worship. A incompatibilidade é semântica e factual.
D
Certa
A alternativa D é a correta porque retoma a informação explicitamente afirmada no texto: Manuel Cabieses apresentou uma petição formal acusando Edwards de violar "the academy’s code of ethics". Assim, a alternativa condiz com o núcleo factual do enunciado, sem acrescentar informação externa ou contrariar o trecho-base.
E
Errada
Está errada por falta de suporte textual. O texto informa que Cabieses "has filed a formal petition". Não há qualquer afirmação de que ele tenha colocado documentos em "dead file".
Pegadinha da questão
A banca explorou trocas de sentido por semelhança ou leitura apressada: funding por foundation, declassification por put out of order e file do título como se significasse arquivamento em dead file. Além disso, a correta não é literal, mas resume fielmente o núcleo do trecho sobre ethics charges.
Dica para questões semelhantes
- Quando o comando pedir a frase verdadeira segundo o texto, compare cada alternativa com expressões literais do trecho antes de interpretar.
- Em alternativas com palavras parecidas, teste o valor semântico exato do termo do texto, como funding versus foundation e declassification versus put out of order.
- Verifique se o verbo da alternativa mantém a direção do fato narrado; "gather evidence against" e "have him expelled" excluem qualquer ideia de homenagem ou apoio.
