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| Ecuador fines media for not publishing a story | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 23 2017, 02:19 AM (152 Views) | |
| mysysail | Apr 23 2017, 02:19 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39682264 |
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| mysysail | Apr 23 2017, 02:22 AM Post #2 |
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Ecuador has fined seven media companies for not publishing a story that it deemed of public interest. The state's media watchdog said the press had a duty to cover a story about the supposed offshore dealings of opposition politician and recent presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso. The investigation was published in an Argentine newspaper in March. The watchdog and the media companies have accused each other of censorship. Appeals are under way. The ruling was made against newspapers El Comercio, La Hora, Expreso and El Universo, and television channels Televicentro, Teleamazonas and Ecuavisa. The watchdog, known as Supercom, has fined the companies $3,750 (£3,000), the equivalent of 10 journalists' basic salaries, it said. Supercom's superintendent Carlos Ochoa called the fines [...] |
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| Che On The Rocks | Apr 23 2017, 05:05 AM Post #3 |
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The Argentines hacked the election. We in Perspectives already knew about this story. Read here, here and here. Give some view to this article, too. |
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Free Milagro Sala! What happened to Santiago Maldonado? What happened to ARA San Juan? Mapuche Lives Matter! Stop the political persecution in Argentina! Stop the looting of Argentina! | |
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