Is This A Restriction Of Rights, Or A Case Of The Media Stirring S*** Up?

Seil · 02-04-2010, 01:17 PM

So there's this place called Venezuela, right? And in Venezuela, there's this leader guy named Chavez, right? And some people are slightly critical of this Chavez guy, right? But then this Chavez guy lays down some rules that say stuff like "There's a difference between reporting and total anti-government messages, and this TV station is broadcasting the latter. So we're not going to renew your license. And the TV station, RCTV, right, is like 'Woah, heavy.'"

TV station, Chavez at odds in Venezuela
Anti-Chavez TV channel removed from cable
Chavez pulls the plug on defiant cable TV channel

Anyways, the best source of info I've heard about any of this is on a CBC podcast, which I'll try to dig up. It was an interview of one of the people in charge of RCTV, and then a debate between an independent author writing about politics in Venezuela and a lead member of "Reporters Without Borders." I'll try to dig it up once I get out of school.

Just to paint Chavez in a different light, here he is forgiving Haiti's debt.

02-04-2010, 01:17 PM	#1
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Is This A Restriction Of Rights, Or A Case Of The Media Stirring S* Up?** So there's this place called Venezuela, right? And in Venezuela, there's this leader guy named Chavez, right? And some people are slightly critical of this Chavez guy, right? But then this Chavez guy lays down some rules that say stuff like "There's a difference between reporting and total anti-government messages, and this TV station is broadcasting the latter. So we're not going to renew your license. And the TV station, RCTV, right, is like 'Woah, heavy.'" TV station, Chavez at odds in Venezuela Anti-Chavez TV channel removed from cable Chavez pulls the plug on defiant cable TV channel Anyways, the best source of info I've heard about any of this is on a CBC podcast, which I'll try to dig up. It was an interview of one of the people in charge of RCTV, and then a debate between an independent author writing about politics in Venezuela and a lead member of "Reporters Without Borders." I'll try to dig it up once I get out of school. Just to paint Chavez in a different light, here he is forgiving Haiti's debt.