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Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts) Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:08 PM Sep 2012

“Real pluralism cannot develop in conditions inherited from Pinochet era”

“Real pluralism cannot develop in conditions inherited from Pinochet era”
Published on Monday 10 September 2012.

As Chile remembers the September 1973 coup, Reporters Without Borders solemnly calls on the political and administrative authorities, together with professional organizations and appropriate representatives of civil society, to promote a new legal framework for the media.

Hopes for genuine pluralism that takes account of the diversity of the media and the news sector cannot be realized under a status quo inherited from the Pinochet era (1973-1990), which is a driving force of unrest in the country.

“The decriminalization of press offences, defamation in particular, remains an issue in Chile, while Argentina and Brazil tackled it in 2009,” the press freedom organization said.

“To this must be added the essential matter of legislation guaranteeing equal space or broadcasting time for the various types of media, whether they be state-run, commercial or community-based. Reporters Without Borders has backed this principle in other countries in the region where laws of this type have been enacted, such as Argentina, or are being considered, such as Ecuador, while remaining vigilant as to how they are applied. The search for balance must be accompanied by safeguards to guarantee independence.”

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http://en.rsf.org/chile-real-pluralism-cannot-develop-in-10-09-2012,43359.html

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“Real pluralism cannot develop in conditions inherited from Pinochet era” (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2012 OP

"Reporters Without Borders" DO have borders. They belong to a country called naaman fletcher Sep 2012 #1

If even they can admit the facism still at work in Chile it should be noted. Judi Lynn Sep 2012 #2

Who knows? naaman fletcher Sep 2012 #3

naaman fletcher

(7,362 posts)

1. "Reporters Without Borders" DO have borders. They belong to a country called

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:26 PM

Sep 2012

Multinational-Corporation-Land. This is a free-floating, unattached, legal fiction of a country, nevertheless monstrous in its impacts, consisting of individual "states'--Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Monsanto, Bechtel, Dyncorp, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, et al--who have loyalty to NO ONE, and are ruled by NO sovereign people, and who, instead, buy and hijack governments and politicians and even entire national military forces, to do their bidding.

Corpo-fascist "reporters" are their servants. They live within the borders of this monstrous international corporate "country" and they are not free to challenge its dictates. This monstrous entity that hovers like a dark cloud over all the countries of the world has nothing but contempt for democracy and sovereign peoples, and is furthermore destroying our only home--Planet Earth itself--for profit. The so-called "reporters" from Multinational-Corporation-Land are dependent on its dictators for their daily bread. They do not venture outside of its borders. They are its scribes and propagandists.

They have usurped their name from "Doctors Without Borders" (a genuine, independent group) but they do NOT represent any kind of objective, independent analysis of the state of "freedom of speech." They are defenders of CORPORATE speech. If they were objective and independent, they would descry rightwing billionaires owning and controlling all the media. They would condemn media monopolies owning TV/radio networks, newspapers, book publishers, magazines, movies and controlling all news and entertainment. They would cry foul at media conglomerates owning weapons companies and pharmaceuticals. They would lament the whorishness of once great news organizations like the New York Slimes and the Associated Pukes. They would condemn the wars, the mass slaughter, the torture and the massive corporate theft and lawlessness that these 'news' organizations have perpetrated in the interest of the Corporate 'Fatherland.' They would condemn corporate-controlled 'news' as lethal to democracy and human life. They would defend the public's right to require political balance on the PUBLIC airwaves. They would demand that the "Fairness Doctrine" be restored in the U.S. and everywhere else. They are not free to do so. They are confined within very tight borders, indeed. And on the issue of Chavez and the corporate media in Venezuela, they are not only wrong, they are kissing Corporate Ruler butt!

Look into "Reporters Without Borders." That's all I ask. They are not who they pretend to be.

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Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts)

2. If even they can admit the facism still at work in Chile it should be noted.

Reply to naaman fletcher (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:09 PM

Sep 2012

We all do know Pinera and his appointees have been well-known supporters of the Pinochet regime.

naaman fletcher

(7,362 posts)

3. Who knows?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:47 PM

Sep 2012

Perhaps, since they are controlled by the corporations it is some sort of bluff and there is an agenda behind it.

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