Comment on the Supreme Court's decision precedes the end of a commentator's contract on SBT

A comment on a decision by the Federal Supreme Court preceded, according to Revista Oeste, the end of a contract at SBT. Commentator Thayse Teixeira found out about her departure the day after her speech, which was said on national television.

On October 27th, Thayse commented on the decision of Cristiano Zanin, from the STF, which extended voting in the second round until 7pm across the country. When dealing with the topic, she stated that "everything is wrong in the country" and said she found the situation strange.

Thayse, according to herself, had been hired as a commentator on Fofocalizando, an SBT program. The format is entertainment, far from the news about the Judiciary in which the speech took place.

According to the publication, the following day Thayse discovered that the contract had already ended. In a note, SBT thanked them for the services provided and wished them success in future projects, but did not officially link the output to the comment.

The case exposes a well-known tension: on the one hand, the right of a professional to speak out on public issues; on the other, the freedom of a broadcaster to decide who remains on its programming. As the report comes from the commentator herself and the publication that heard it, and the broadcaster did not give official reasons, it is not possible to say what the reason for the departure was.

What changes for the investor

In the facts found, there is no connection between the episode and the results of companies listed on the stock exchange. The point of attention is the environment in which comments on Judiciary decisions are made, a topic that enters into the reading of institutional risk and regulatory predictability. Signals of this type do not translate into predictable price movements, and the most useful reference continues to be what the STF decides and what companies disclose in official statements.

Automatically translated from Portuguese.