By Maira Magro
President José Mujica told the Brazilian magazine Veja that rulers shouldn’t respond to criticism from the press, because “if you respond you lose twice,” EFE reports.
Mujica also said he was opposed to any control or regulation of the media. “The best press law is one that doesn’t exist,” he said, while adding that journalists still need to act responsibly.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
