Algumas limitações do tabloide televisivo: gênero, maternidade e sacralidade como chaves de leitura

Abstract

This paper aims at discussing some values that are mobilized by the speeches formulated by the hosts of Record Minas’ tabloid TV newscast, regarding a specific event: the fake kidnapping of a child in the city of Belo Horizonte. In this case, a woman has pretended to have her baby stolen in order to give him to another couple, lying to her husband, the media and the police. Therefore, the paper uses the conception of event discussed by Louis Quéré. The analysis shows that maternity, gender and the sacredness of the person (JOAS, 2011) could be reading keys to this event. Besides, it points out some limitations of this tabloid journalism and the role that the hosts of these TV shows play in the construction of narratives.