Permission to laugh at Brazil election - for now

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's election is a laughing matter again, at least for now.
Carlos Ayres Britto, vice president of the country's Supreme Court, late on Thursday suspended a rule banning TV and radio programs from poking fun at candidates in the country's Oct. 3 elections.
The ban hurts constitutional principles of free expression and creates programming restraints, Britto said. His ruling, which came in response to a complaint by an association of TV and radio broadcasters, will ...