![bolsonaro-repeats-debunked-sexual-comments-about-journalist](https://utterbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/bolsonaro-repeats-debunked-sexual-comments-about-journalist-640x427.jpg)
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro repeated a debunked sexually charged allegation about one of the country’s more prominent journalists on Tuesday, drawing fire from press freedom advocates and even some recent allies. Bolsonaro referred to Patricia Campos Mello, a reporter for newspaper Folha de S.Paulo who last year won the International Press Freedom Award after coverage of his presidential campaign.