Diário da Manhã

Diário da Manhã (Portuguese: Daily Morning) was a daily newspaper published between 1931 and 1971 in Lisbon, Portugal. It was official paper of the National Union.

Diário da Manhã

Type	Daily newspaper
Publisher	Companhia Nacional Editora
Founded	4 April 1931
Political alignment	Right-wing
Language	Portuguese
Ceased publication	1971
Headquarters	Lisbon
Country	Portugal
Media of Portugal List of newspapers

History and profile

Diário da Manhã was first published on 4 April 1931 as an official organ of the National Union, ruling party of Portugal from 1932.^[1][2] The paper was published by the Companhia Nacional Editora and was headquartered in Lisbon.^[1] Major editors and directors of the paper included Domingos Garcia Pulido, António da Fonseca and Barradas de Oliveira.^[1] José María Costa Júnior also worked for Diário da Manhã.^[3]

In the early 1971 Diário da Manhã merged with another newspaper entitled A Voz to create Época which was launched on 1 February 1971.^[1] The issues of Diário da Manhã were archived at the National Photography Archive, Portugal.^[1]

Political ideology and content

Throughout its run Diário da Manhã acted as a mouthpiece of the Salazar regime^[4][5] and was one of its propaganda outlets.^[2] The paper adopted an anti-Communist political stance.^[6]

In terms of journalism, Diário da Manhã was not impressive.^[7] Diário da Manhã's editorials in 1934 attacked the university teachers and other educators serving at different levels arguing that they were left-wing activists, school demagogues and political party agents.^[8] It was one of the supporters of the future Spanish ruler Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939^[3] and was instrumental in improving his public image.^[6] The Hungarian revolution in 1956 was frequently featured in the pages of Diário da Manhã which had a supportive approach towards the anti-Soviet forces led by Imre Nagy.^[5]

References

1. "Diário da Manhã" (in Portuguese). Arquivo Nacional. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
2. Goffredo Adinolfi (2012). "The Institutionalization of Propaganda in the Fascist Era: The Cases of Germany, Portugal, and Italy". The European Legacy. 17 (5): 610. doi:10.1080/10848770.2012.699300. S2CID 145788313.
3. Alberto Pena-Rodríguez (2021). "Fighting from Portugal for a New Spain: The 'Black Embassy' in Lisbon During the Spanish Civil War: Information, Press and Propaganda". Media History. 27 (3): 305. doi:10.1080/13688804.2020.1833709. hdl:11093/5603.
4. David Corkill; José Carlos Pina Almeida (2009). "Commemoration and Propaganda in Salazar's Portugal: The "Mundo Português" Exposition of 1940". Journal of Contemporary History. 44 (3): 386. doi:10.1177/0022009409104115. JSTOR 40543040. S2CID 159853171.
5. José Miguel Sardica (2021). "Political Readings of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Portugal". The Hungarian Historical Review. 10 (4): 771, 780. JSTOR 27115491.
6. Alberto Pena-Rodríguez (2022). "Fear of the Spanish Red Danger: Anti-Communist Agitation and Mobilisation in Portugal during the Spanish Civil War". In Nelson Ribeiro; Christian Schwarzenegger (eds.). Media and the Dissemination of Fear. Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 157, 159. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-84989-4_8. ISBN 978-3-030-84989-4.
7. Fernando Correia; Carla Baptista (2005). "O ensino e a valorização profissional do jornalismo em portugal (1940/1974)". Cultura. 21. doi:10.4000/cultura.2772. hdl:10362/126791.
8. Isabel Zilhão (2014). "The rise and fall of science for all: Science for children voiced by a Portuguese daily newspaper (1924–1933)". History of Science. 52 (4): 475–476. doi:10.1177/0073275314559328.