Channel 8 shut down for political censorship in Venezuela

Channel 8 was shut down by the rightwing junta who tried to overthrow the democratically elected government of Venezuela.

Venezolana de Televisión, VTV.

In mid-July, 2003, precisely when the opposition was loudly campaigning against the government’s Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television(Ley RESORTE), the alternative community TV broadcaster Catia TVe was raided and shut down by order of then Caracas Chief Mayor Alfredo Peña, a supporter of the attempted coup d’état of April 2002. As the Call for Solidarity issued by the Venezuelan National Community Media Network, ATTAC-Venezuela, the National Association of Free and Alternative Community Media in Caracas and others emphasized:

“But this is not one of the commercial TV monopolies in Venezuela that virulently oppose the reforms enacted by President Hugo Chávez… The Media outlet today censored is one of the main community TV stations in the country. And it was not shut down by President Chávez, but, rather, one of his fiercest opponents: The Caracas Mayor and former journalist, Alfredo Peña…”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catia_TVe


Guess who applauded the censorship?

RCTV.


Rightwingnuts; their hypocrisy amazes.

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