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Rousseff pledges media regulation (but not content) if re-elected this week
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, seeking re-election next week, says she will pursue media regulation if she returns for a second term, seeking to boost pluralism without influencing editorial content, according to media reports. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBrazil......you get what you vote for. Put her back in office and you have yet to see the bottom.
Sep 29th, 2014 - 10:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0Grabbing at straws.
Sep 29th, 2014 - 12:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A rather empty suggestion of a promise, made to pro-PT followers, not pro-government..
Frankly, I smell the aroma of Glenn Greenwald and his partner David Miranda behind this offer.
I think “not yet” needs to be added to Dumbass Dilma's comment regarding content.
Sep 29th, 2014 - 12:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Brazil seem really determined to follow the disaster that is Argentina.
I bet she wants to regulate it.
Sep 29th, 2014 - 05:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/170985/man-held-hostage-in-brazilian-hotel-captor-asks-for-dilma-to-step-down
Cannot disagree with the 'suggestion' that the media is concentrated in the hands of (too) few - particularly true up in the northeastern States, where the oligarchies, usually traditional political families, own not only the media, but just about everything else in their respective States. But Dilma's allegation that she does not intend to influence content is a blatant lie....this has been one of the PT's cornerstones since they took power, so much so, that a fair portion of the media (mainly televised , because of it's greater penetration), systematically avoids criticizing the government or publishing anything that might be considered sensitive by the PT....because of its 'watchdogs' keeping tabs on content......a good example is the Banco Santander that 2 or 3 months ago was literally 'obliged' to fire several executives due to pressure from Dilma , because they had dared to inform their biggest clients that the stock market used to shoot up when her popularity dipped, and dropped when her popularity increased...there are several examples of Lula's trying to control the press, even to the extent of trying to expell an American journalist who wrote an article about Lula's drinking problem. Much to Lula's chagrin, the journalist could not be kicked out as he was married to a Brazilian woman with whom he had a child.
Sep 29th, 2014 - 05:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nevertheless, Dilma DumboAs will not succeed in breaking this “assymmetrical concentration” of the media, as it would affect a lot of politicians from the other parties that constitute her base.
Brazil Real, Argentine peso, Chilean peso up in flames.
Sep 29th, 2014 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ah the slow demise of freedom of speech....control coming to a corner near you!!!
Sep 29th, 2014 - 10:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Espionage of the United States is the highest form of aggression of freedom that exists. You are foolish in to think that Brazil hinders freedom.
Sep 30th, 2014 - 01:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@8
Sep 30th, 2014 - 11:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0so what the hell does that have to do with media regulation ????
Go back to school, you moron ! (vc não entendeu nada..)
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