Medellin paid media more than $40M to manage vain mayor's public image: report

Medellin paid media more than $40M to manage vain mayor’s public image: report
by Billy Wallace December 14, 2018

Medellin‘s city hall paid media more than $40 million (COP130 billion) in 2016 and 2017 to manage the public image of Mayor Federico Gutierrez, according to press freedom foundation FLIP.

The FLIP has been investigating media’s reliance on government propaganda funds and previously found that commercial media had received large amounts of money from the city governments of Bogota and Barranquilla to present propaganda as news.

The FLIP’s investigation revealed that particularly local public TV network Telemedellin was used to disseminate propaganda rather than provide a public service.

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Local newspapers El Colombiano and Q’Hubo, and national media like weekly Semana, Caracol Radio and ADN were also paid to promote the “popular” mayor.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/medellin-paid-media-more-than-40-million-to-manage-vain-mayors-public-image-report/