 Governor Brizola had gone to court against Globo Organizations in 1992, after it was revealed that "O Globo" newspaper (part of Globo Organizations) intended to publish the next day, February 6 of that year, an editorial article titled "Understanding Brizola's Rage".Rede Globo, who wanted to block Governor Brizola from broadcasting Rio's carnival parade by Manchete TV Network for that year, using the newspaper's editorial board to accuse Brizola himself to suffer from "declining mental health" and of "management ineptitude".In the written response, approved by Judge of Law of the 18th Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro City read on-air by news anchor Cid Moreira, governor Brizola stated he did not recognize Globo Organizations as an "authority in matters of freedom of the press" and that the media empire had a "long and friendly relationship with the authoritarian regime and with the 20-year dictatorship that had ruled our country".