Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro says he won't speak to journalists anymore

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A frequent and fiery critic of Brazil's media, President Jair Bolsonaro declared Wednesday he would no longer speak to journalists.

The move comes after the National Federation of Journalists said last week Mr Bolsonaro's presidency had"significantly affected the freedom of the press in Brazil."

It registered 208 attacks - including physical and verbal - against the media or journalists in 2019, an increase of 54 percent compared with the previous year.He mostly used public statements such as speeches, interviews or tweets to attack the media.READ MOREMr Bolsonaro said in July that US journalist Glenn Greenwald - who was charged with cybercrimes on Tuesday - could"do jail time" over the publication of leaked chats that threatened to undermine a massive corruption probe.

In a speech to the UN General Assembly in September, Mr Bolsonaro accused the media of"lying" about the extent of fires raging in the Amazon. The following month Mr Bolsonaro announced he had cancelled his subscription to the respected daily Folha de S. Paulo. He also threatened to cancel TV Globo's broadcasting license over a report linking him to a person accused of murdering a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman.

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