Inter American Press Association supports Clarin and La Nacion

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The Inter American Press Association (IAPA), through its President Alejandro Aguirre, expressed concern about the intention of the national government of Argentina to “control the independent media”, describing several actions committed in recent weeks, as “a dangerous escalation against the freedom of expression that affects all citizens” in that country.

In interviews published Tuesday by the Argentine newspapers La Nacion and Clarin, Aguirre said that “the government is seeking ways to control the independent media of the country in hopes of winning a political contest” adding that interference will affect “all Argentines, not just the media, since they will have fewer sources, media and channels to receive or send information“.

Argentine president Cristina Kirchner presented on Tuesday a report arguing that the country’s leading producer of newsprint, Papel Prensa, which has among its main shareholders Clarin and La Nación, and the state as a minority partner, was taken over under allegedly “illegal” circumstances during the military dictatorship in 1976.

Aguirre's criticism of the Argentine government also has to do with a series of actions taken against several media and journalists, mainly against Grupo Clarin. Aguirre referred to the license expiration of Fibertel, an internet service provider belonging to the Clarin media group. IAPA president regretted that the government will use ”all necessary measures and policy tools at their disposal to try to become the arbiter of what was reported”.

The Argentine government decision to withdraw the license from Fibertel, involves a million subscribers. The company was given 90 days to make the transfers respecting subscribers’ privacy. The government alleges that the Clarín group, which has supplied the Internet service for 13 years, “violated national law” and was using the license illegally, after the company merged with Cablevision in 2002, in an operation that “was never approved by the National State”.

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Hoytred
It'll be book burning next !
Aug 25th, 2010 - 05:19 am 0
Forgetit87
A background on the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA):

“In 1977 it was reported that IAPA was funded by the CIA.”
http://tinyurl.com/4bhe7g

El Mercúrio (Chile) and Estado de São Paulo (Brazil) are two dailies that belong to IAPA. They both supported the military coups that overthrew the civil governments in their respective coups - coups in which CIA was involved.

“IAPA becomes a useful tool when a Latin American country undergoes democratic or revolutionary change. Fred Landis describes how newspapers in the target country become propaganda instruments manipulated by the CIA and its affiliated organs: 'IAPA stands ready, with all its hundreds of cooperating member newspapers, to scream ”Marxist Threat to Free Press“ if any attempt is made by the target government to restrict the flow of hostile propaganda.'”
http://tinyurl.com/4bhe7g

I rest my case.
Aug 25th, 2010 - 06:15 am 0
fredbdc
FOrget, Be careful where you are getting yoru souce material...the reference you used is a extremely biased and funded by Marxists...

Established in 1983, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) aims to “strengthe[n] participatory democracy by investigating and exposing public relations spin and propaganda” -- focusing largely on what it views as the transgressions of political conservatives. Another CMD objective is to assist liberal and leftist “grassroots citizen activism that promotes public health, economic justice, ecological sustainability and human rights.” Toward these ends, CMD produces articles and blog posts on the political, social, and economic issues of the day.

In CMD's view, capitalism generally, and corporations in particular, are the principal root causes of societal ills in the U.S. and abroad. The Capital Research Center, which rates the ideological leanings of nonprofit organizations, places CMD near the extreme far left of the spectrum. The website ActivistCash, which provides “information about the funding source[s] of radical anti-consumer organizations and activists,” characterizes CMD as “a counterculture public relations effort disguised as an independent media organization.”
Aug 25th, 2010 - 10:52 am 0

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