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Mrs. Kirchner sends bill declaring production of newsprint of “public interest”
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent the project that aims to declare of “public interest” the production and distribution of newsprint to the Lower House of Congress, where it is believed the opposition's A Group would vote against the bill; however, centre-left parties might join the pro-government initiative. Read full article
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Aug 28th, 2010 - 10:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0CFK is not looking at her best in that picture. For what is usually a fairly glam lady she is looking tired and a bit jaundiced.
Aug 28th, 2010 - 10:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0Before anyone comments - I am not being offensive just commenting on the picture as it is clear that she has lots on her mind at the moment.
That's her 'I think its all going tits up' look.... I think we will be seeing more of that.....
Aug 28th, 2010 - 10:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Wow Argentine politics enter a new exciting phase! Debating on the merits of paper.
Aug 28th, 2010 - 11:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0One word of note “Public interest” is a somewhat rather ambiguous term and is open to all kinds of interpretation, which the government shouldn't be the controller of, it echo's the draconian but misguided anti-terror laws in the UK which were marketed as in the “public interest”?
“Public interest” in this case actually means controlled by the government.
Aug 28th, 2010 - 04:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What odds the Opposition kills this? Just as a taster for the 2011 elections.
Aug 28th, 2010 - 04:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Never mind her 'I think its all going tits up', I'd been more interested if she was showing them in public.
Aug 28th, 2010 - 05:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0She's 57 for God's sake. Either they are flaps or they are implants.
Aug 28th, 2010 - 06:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It would still be a more interesting story if she bared all, who gives a crap about Argentinians banning free speech to Argentinians? Next they will be 'disappearing' each other, doh! I forgot, they've already been down that route, but as I've said, history seems to have this annoying habit of repeating itself.
Aug 28th, 2010 - 07:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I don't actually see a down side for the UK, the next time they invade they won't even get to the beach, there won't be any new grave yard built as they will all be at the bottom of the sea.
I still think we should dig up the dead Argies at Darwin and dump them in the Mid-Atlantic Trench, then blow the gravesite up and send Kirchner them the footage with a note 'enough is enough, now go forth and multiply', or words to that effect.
Christina will be happy, the video will keep her and hubby in corrupt power for a bit longer, so they can steal something else.
I agree with number 4
Aug 29th, 2010 - 12:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Beware of the K’s! This so called “public interest” it’s another step towards the control of the press. Afterwards is coming expropriation with the stupid complicity of the left parties. It’s true that the fact that one or two papers controlling the supply of newsprint is something basically wrong. But the K’s who were trying to subjugate the independent press from the beginning, now pretend to place newsprint manufacture and distribution under state control which is absolutely worst. Hence the set-up of such a farce like the one which took place last Tuesday.
Finally we are getting laws to protect Argentina from bias media reports, signs of the bias reporting showed up a few weeks , when timerman pointed out this same two newspapers for the lack of national media support.
Aug 29th, 2010 - 08:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/37381
An excellent article in the Herald, although it is unclear who was being reported on, Gauleiter Taiana or Gauleiter Timerman. I thought the piece that read “He also blasted local Argentine newspapers Clarín and La Nación, which he assures asked for a press conference ”so he could talk about domestic policy.“
Aug 29th, 2010 - 09:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0”I thought it was disrespectful, considering everything that happened at the UN. As years go by, more and more countries support Argentina's claim over the Malvinas,“ he expressed.”
I've noticed that British politicians also run around complaining that certain British newspapers only want to report on things of interest to their readership...not!
I also noticed the supportive nature of the readers' comments. Six comments given over to advertising and this one:
“1| Driain - 25/06/2010
Yes, the butchers of human rights in Tibet are entirely appropriate allies for the would-be butchers of democracy on the Falklands Islands.”
“laws to protect Argentina from bias media reports”? No, gassy, laws to protect the Argentine government from media reports that don't fit in with government policies and actions.
I am an Argentina and I don't see our government doing anything to quiet the media but an action to wider our information sources, if people support monopolies like la nacion and el clarin I believe they should take them to their nation and let them work there, not in Argentina. if someone throws away something good you don't let them know you take it home and enjoy it yourself, to all those who think this 2 news outlet are good stop pesting Argentina over it, put a bid for their stocks buy 51% to gain control and enjoy it, why pest us with something we don't want ??? take it already.
Aug 29th, 2010 - 08:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hasn't Hugo nationalized a bunch of farms for the “national interest” I wonder when that will start happening?
Aug 31st, 2010 - 12:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The next step will be to nationalize the magazines shops in Argentina as “national interest” item, so the opposition couldn´t sell their layer media to people.....
Aug 31st, 2010 - 03:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0R.I.P. Argentina
It is in the public interest for Argentines to have access to Government-controlled “free” newspapers. Where else are they going to get the squares of paper to put in the lavvies?
Aug 31st, 2010 - 03:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Did you guys buy 51% the stocks already so you can take this 2 newspapers to your country, we the Argentine's don't want this 2 newspapers in Argetina, stop pesting us and take them to your country, these papers keep Argentine's ignorant over real facts causing the world to attack individual Argentine for the lies planted in our heads, this newspapers trash Argentine politicians without ever bringing up solutions to problems, and on top of it all they where involved with the military junta, they got to go soon.
Aug 31st, 2010 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 017 - With such intelligent comments as these, it is no wonder that non-Argies think that Argentinians are so dumb and stupid. (They all are not!)
Aug 31st, 2010 - 09:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0anything in the name of national security, or are we latin Americans not allowed to have national security ?? I think USA has it as well, o no wait maybe that was in another planet.
Sep 01st, 2010 - 03:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0National Security? What has Argentina got that anybody else would want?
Sep 02nd, 2010 - 12:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0UK, small country, small minds.. and lots of insecurity, that's what your comments reflect
Sep 03rd, 2010 - 09:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0@21 F_A.
Sep 03rd, 2010 - 12:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Try reading this:
http://en.mercopress.com/2010/05/29/argentines-the-most-anxious-of-latinamerica-and-at-world-level
Argentina - no minds, just mouths!!
“according to an international opinion” I see, just out of curiosity.. where is the editor from?
Sep 03rd, 2010 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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