Duque seeks to shut down Colombia's most critical public TV network: Journalists and lawmakers
Duque seeks to shut down Colombia’s most critical public TV network: Journalists and lawmakers
by Billy Wallace December 12, 2018
A controversial bill that seeks to regulate media in Colombia could mean the end of the country’s most important and critical public television network, Canal Uno, journalists and lawmakers warn.
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Hidden in the proposal that could become law later this week are fiscal benefits and 20-year licenses for the private channels that have been favorable to Duque and his political patron, controversial former President Alvaro Uribe.
Canal Uno, which has played a key role in the revelation of major corruption scandals and has frequently clashed with Uribe over its critical reporting, have been excluded from the benefits.
Ahead of Duque’s election in June, Uribe threatened to seek the revision of Canal Uno’s license over the consistent reporting of news program Noticias Uno on the former president’s controversial past as a Medellin Cartel associate and alleged founder of paramilitary death squads.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/duque-seeks-to-shut-down-colombias-most-critical-public-tv-network-journalists-and-lawmakers/
LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142221896
If you recall, Colombia, in its many decades-long civil war, was perennially known as the most dangerous place in the world for journalists.