Venezuela Shuts Down Elite Run RCTV

A possible step forward for community media

In the last hours of Radio Caracas Television programing, that station salutes itself with sentimental clips of its pop programming. In the streets of Caracas a protest of RCTV supporters is dispersed after gun shots and minor police injuries.At the same time a across the county pro-government events celebrate with fireworks, music and dancing in the street at the virtual end of a TV channel owned by Marcel Granier one of the most powerful men in modern ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Steve Anderson - May 30, 2007 - 1:48 AM PDT
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by Steve Anderson - Oct. 1, 2008

I've seen this story seasoned with corporate propaganda elsewhere - this seems like an honest analysis of the situation. A strike against corporate media is a strike for our right to communicate.

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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

While I believe a compelling argument might be made, this article does not make a compelling argument that shutting down an anti-Chavez broadcaster was "no biggie."

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