Mexico urges media to ban violent music video by singer Gerardo Ortíz
Mexico urges media to ban violent music video by singer Gerardo Ortíz
The video for Fuiste Mía shows singer shooting a love rival and then tying up and setting his girlfriend alight
Associated Press
Wednesday 30 March 2016 21.06 EDT
The Mexican government is urging broadcasters, websites and social media users to avoid distributing a music video by singer Gerardo Ortíz that it says promotes violence against women.
At the centre of the controversy is Ortíz’s video for the song Fuiste Mía, which means You Were Mine.
In it, Ortíz is depicted finding his female companion in bed with another man. He shoots the man in the head and ties up his companion and locks her in the trunk of a car. As police close in, he can be seen lighting the car on fire.
In a statement late on Tuesday, Mexico’s interior department urged media outlets and the public “to avoid distributing material like this that trivialises and promotes violence against women”.
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/31/mexico-urges-media-to-ban-violent-music-video-by-singer-gerardo-ortiz
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141397369
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