Tiago Silva slams BTV’s Benfica v Porto coverage: “Editorial dictatorship” | OneFootball

Tiago Silva harshly criticized BTV for the way it directed the broadcast of the Benfica-FC Porto match (2-2), accusing the Luz club’s television channel of an outright “editorial and police dictatorship” in the management of the images shown.

According to the CMTV commentator, this was not an isolated incident—“it has already happened in other matches”—but this time it reached a level he considered “deplorable.” In his assessment, “BTV consciously manipulates the images,” choosing “what it wants, when it wants, with the replays it wants, as many times as it wants, and with the framing it wants.”

Tiago Silva also denounced a double standard: “We saw exhaustive replays of incidents where they claimed for penalties, and then it became clear there was absolutely nothing.” When the incidents could be unfavorable to Benfica, the approach was different: “There simply were no replays.”

The commentator also stated that there is at least one incident that will hardly be discussed publicly—precisely because BTV chose not to show it. Without replays, that incident falls into a media limbo: you can’t debate what you don’t see. Tiago Silva dubbed this omission the “Secret Camera” and “Silva Camera,” alluding to the practice of hiding uncomfortable angles.

His conclusion was unequivocal: “This is third world. It is unacceptable.”

In a league where television images fuel the entire debate about refereeing, the question arises: if those who control the broadcast decide what is shown and what is hidden, what impartial debate can exist?

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