 The network is alleged to have been biased against the re-election campaign of then president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, by exaggerating the exposure of negative facts surrounding his Worker's Party.Luiz Carlos Azenha, the reporter assigned to cover the competing campaign of presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin, stated that coverage of the Worker's Party was deliberately biased.According to Azenha, "it was determined from Rio de Janeiro that the economic reports should be dismissed because they could supposedly benefit Lula's re-election".