Spanish government accused of purging critics from national radio and TV
Source: The Guardian
A government making a raft of public spending cuts might not be expected to win many friends. But critics of Mariano Rajoy's rightwing Partido Popular (PP) claim that a series of departures from Spain's leading state broadcasting organisations are a sign that it will not tolerate any criticism.
A number of journalists who have presumed to question the administration's austerity policy have been purged from the national RTVE radio and TV channel. And this weekend the most high-profile exit in recent months that of Ana Pastor, the presenter of Los Desayunos de TVE, a popular breakfast news magazine programme was announced.
Spanish politicians tend to get an easy ride from the press and rarely face a grilling. Pastor, however, has a reputation for calling the people she interviews to account and asking difficult questions. "They're getting rid of me for acting as a journalist," Pastor declared, adding that it was a political decision.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/05/spanish-government-critics-national-tv
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(1,828 posts)Anybody who even questions the present rightwing govt. First they cut healthcare, education,firefighters, and police yet they find money to subsidize BULLFIGHTING, yes Bullfighting.
Franco is alive and well.