The article analyses the relationship between political journalism and democracy focusing on the recent Brazilian political scene. By analysing the editorials of the newspapers "Folha de São Paulo" and "O Estado de São Paulo" between 2003 and 2004, the authors show that, in spite of the different positionings in many aspects, the editorials of the two newspapers had focused on, above all, the members of the Congress and not the parliamentary institution. But, as they approached in negative way the members of the Congress, they fit negatively the proper institution. Thus, in a direct or an indirect way, he editorials of the two vehicules of communication had produced an especific image of the Senate and the Congress.
mass media; opinionative journalism; Brazilian democracy; national Congress; Brazilian Senate
