 Yet Roberto Marinho, the Chairman of Globo Organizations, before Boni's revelation, claimed that Boni did not understand the election and that the "Jornal Nacional" had summarized the debate correctly, since Collor had done better in the actual debate.In 2009, twenty years after that election day, Collor finally admitted that he was favored by Rede Globo in the contest.Large parts of the Brazilian media had openly supported Collor's presidential campaign.