"get rid of his rivals and increase the audience of the TV show.... part of a gang of former police officers involved in drug trafficking.... eliminated drug-trafficking rivals, and they boosted ratings."
Politicians are the also the same the world over (save for those pious Muslims who think they are stealing from God if the dip into the till)
"Brazil TV host suspected of murder plots" by Associated Press | August 12, 2009
SAO PAULO - .... Commissioning at least five of the murders to boost his ratings and prove his assertion that Brazil’s
“The order to execute always came from the legislator and his son, who then alerted the TV crews to get to the scene before the police,’’ state police intelligence chief Thomaz Vasconcelos said. The killings, he said, “appear to have been committed to get rid of his rivals and increase the audience of the TV show.’’
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Vasconcelos said the accusations stem from the testimony of several former employees and security guards who worked with the Souzas, allegedly as part of a gang of former police officers involved in drug trafficking. Vasconcelos said the crimes appear to have served the Souzas in two ways: They eliminated drug-trafficking rivals, and they boosted ratings.
“We believe that they organized a kind of death squad to execute rivals who disputed with them the drug trafficking business,’’ he said.
Death squads, huh? Where aren't there any?
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: Cheney's CIA Assassination Teams
