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joshcryer

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14. The bolicarghs?

Reply to FairWinds (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 11:47 PM

Nov 2013

Why they have everything to gain from perpetuating the myth that Venezuela's media is free, even as newspapers there run out of paper to ... print on. Even as the largest TV channel there is bought out by ... another chavista boligarch.

The same media which won't broadcast one speech by the leading opposition figure without selective editing and bullshit.

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Venezuela: Director of electoral council warns about escalation of Gov't advantage [View all] spanza Nov 2013 OP

This doesn't sound good. Archae Nov 2013 #1

You mean the dictatorship that MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #13

No, no, no davidpdx Nov 2013 #2

Black Ops Alert - FairWinds Nov 2013 #3

Exactly. Thanks for the reminder. nt. polly7 Nov 2013 #4

This is not a newspaper or a TV criticizing the govt, it's the director of a state institution. nt spanza Nov 2013 #9

The bolicarghs? joshcryer Nov 2013 #14

it's only ok for right wingers to express their opinions in the media yurbud Nov 2013 #18

So now the government cannot own or regulate TV stations? bemildred Nov 2013 #5

There's not one "opposition" TV left in Venezuela... spanza Nov 2013 #8

Good. bemildred Nov 2013 #12

The CNE is not saying that. joshcryer Nov 2013 #15

This is one director, not the CNE, and I said nothing about what the CNE said. bemildred Nov 2013 #17

The FCC is non-profit. joshcryer Nov 2013 #21

Thanks for clearing that up. nt bemildred Nov 2013 #22

we do not have a "free press" here when it comes to TV yurbud Nov 2013 #19

The FCC gives BROAD freedoms to transmit in the United States. joshcryer Nov 2013 #20

so...you get all kinds of points of view through your TV and car radio? yurbud Nov 2013 #23

the Venezuelan government is corrupt dlwickham Nov 2013 #6

Oh we know they are corrupt, we just don't see that makes them any different. nt bemildred Nov 2013 #7

Prior to the Bolivarian Revolution . . FairWinds Nov 2013 #10

And now their economy is going down the toilet Ranchemp. Nov 2013 #11

Yeah, it's only become one of the most murderous states on the planet. joshcryer Nov 2013 #16