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UNESCO to hold International High Level Symposium on Freedom of Expression and Exhibition on Safety of Journalists
Posted by MediaChannel on 04 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Media Freedom, Middle East, Australia, Agenda Setting
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By UNESCO The Symposium will take place on 29 October 2008 and will involve around 400 participants including Heads of State, government officials, policymakers, World Press Freedom Prize winners, as well as representatives of major non-governmental organizations and media professionals. |
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Wikileaks Touts Information on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, New Media
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By Jemima Kiss, The Guardian The whistle-blowers’ website Wikileaks has marked a change in strategy, calling for media organisations to bid for what it claims is exclusive and confidential information that gives insights into the government of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president. |
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Editor of Daily El Periodico Abducted and Drugged and a Journalist Assaulted within 24 Hours
Posted by Reporters Without Borders on 26 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, Media Freedom
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By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders voiced its support and called for stepped up protection for the staff of the daily El Periodico |
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Media-Latin America: Behind-the-Scenes Censorship
Posted by IPS News on 18 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, Media Freedom
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By Marcela Valente, IPS A study carried out in seven countries of Latin America found a “growing trend” in the region of subtle, largely invisible government interference with the media and journalistic independence. |
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MediaChannel on Facebook
Posted by MediaChannel on 07 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, New Media, Middle East, Latin America, Australia, facebook
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By MediaChannel Become a fan of MediaChannel on Facebook! You can now find (and favorite) our new MediaChannel page on Facebook. |
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IFJ Calls for Immediate Release of Journalist Held by Guerillas in Colombia
Posted by IFJ on 10 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, Media Freedom
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By IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched an international campaign for the release of Colombian journalist Mario Alfonso Puello who has been held by a guerilla group for 113 days. |
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Television Channel Critical Of Chavez Returns
Posted by Financial Times on 16 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Bias, Ownership, Free Speech, Ethics, VE, Media Freedom, Journalism, New Media, Television, Libel, Indecency, Alternative Press
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By Arthur Spiegelman, Reuters Venezuela’s opposition-aligned television station, RCTV, resumed broadcasting via cable and satellite today after being forced off the public airwaves almost two months ago when President Hugo Chavez refused to renew its licence. |
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Racism and TV in Venezuela
Posted by Black Agenda Report on 13 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, VE, Television, Race in Media
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By Richard Gott, Black Agenda Report Venezuela’s RCTV, once an integral institution of the anti-democratic white minority power structure is now a people’s broadcast outlet has empowered the non-white majority. This doesn’t sit well with the privileged minority that has held sway since the days of the conquistadors. |
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Censorship or Democratization? RCTV and Freedom of Speech in Venezuela
Posted by Portland IMC on 05 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, South America, Free Speech, VE, Media Freedom, Journalism, Television, Democracy
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By Gregory Wilpert, Portland Indymedia The radio frequency that RCTV used for over half a century is being returned to its original owners–the Venezuelan people–under the management of its democratically elected leadership. |
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Venezuela, Myanmar Governments Use Media to Attack Freedom
Posted by MediaChannel on 18 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Free Speech, Politics, MM, VE
Governments on opposite sides of the globe demonstrate that the state can still use media for vengeance against its critics.
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Pinochet Eulogized In Editorial Pages, Right-wing Blogs
Posted by MediaChannel on 13 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: News, Bias, US, Bush, Blogs, Politics, CL
Conservatives have little else but praise for former Chilean dictator Pinochet, glossing over the mass murder and going straight to the neoliberal economic policies, claiming that his ouster of a democratically elected Socialist laid the groundwork for freedom and democracy.
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