| lightbleeder said:In Caracas we have 11 over the air TV channels, of those, 6 are owned by the government and always saying good stuff about Chavez and saying bad stuff of people who oppose him. Of the privately owned TV stations 1 is a sport channel, the other 4 are your regular chanels with varied programs like news and sitcoms, of those 4 only one mantains a lot of opposition to Chavez (the other three were in danger of losing their license to function if they didn't comply to Chavez demands). That's media control for me, but only for TV stations.
Printed media is where Chavez really loses the media dominance, but that's because that's a media that needs to sell to exist, and since government newspapers don't sell well much of them are given for free. Privately owned printed newspapers are much higher in quality so they sell a lot more. Radio doesn't really count for me, there private and public radio stations but the great majority are not politically related to chavez or people who oppose him. |
Yeah, Chavez and his government display too much influence over the radio and television media. The RCTV incident was especially unfortunate. With that being said, print media and the internet still provide a voice for those who wish to dissent. Well, I am fairly certain there are no restrictions on internet access.
