skunk is a fascist as we all knew will you be helping Chavez stone Jews and burn synagogues this summer?
airwaves are like any other property. they can be home-steaded and made into marketable titles owned by individuals only when they are private property like laptops and printing presses will speech be free On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 5:35 PM, ShunkW <[email protected]> wrote: > *I am ALL for freedom of the press but I thought I would forward this. I > guess this must have been the FUX NEWS of **Venezuela** and they abused > the public airwaves and their license was not renewed. SPEECH is FREE but > the airwaves belong to us all. We should hold OUR networks MUCH more > responsible because those airwaves of OURS that they USE are worth BILLIONS. > That means the “News” networks are using OUR assets (basically taxes) to > feed **US** propaganda. Maybe we should even withhold a license or two for > those that don’t. It would sure beat having Colin Powell’s idiot son doling > them out FOR FREE!!!!!!!* > > Don't Cry for Venezuela's RCTV > > Monday, May 28, 2007 > > > > By: Charlie Hardy - NarcoSphere > > As I write this, I am looking at a Venezuelan newspaper, El Diario, > from February 10, 1992. The editorial that would have occupied half > of page 2 is missing. Page 4 is completely blank. The contents were > censored by the government of the then president Carlos Andres Perez. > > The newspaper is just one of many horrible memories of the pre-Hugo > Chavez days in Venezuela's "exceptional" democracy. > > U.S. newspapers seem to overlook what Venezuela used to be like as > they today discuss the actions of the current government. I have > lived in Venezuela for most of the past 22 years and have never > experienced such freedom as that which the Venezuelan population > enjoys today under Hugo Chavez. That would include freedom of > information. Never, in the past 22 years, has the mass media > experienced the freedom it has had during the presidency of Chavez. > One can freely buy anti-Chavez newspapers on streets and the airwaves > and television channels are amply filled with anti-Chavez > commentators. > > However, today, May 27, the Venezuelan government will not renew the > license of RCTV, a television station that has been on the air for > over 50 years. The owner, Marciel Granier, has been running around > the world crying because he is about to loose his license. Even the > millionaires in the U.S. Senate feel he should get to keep the > license. Interestingly, Granier was president of the censored El > Diario in 1992. He didn't complain then. I bought his newspaper. He > got his money. > > What the news reports in the U.S. don't tell us, and what the U.S. > Senate doesn't seem to understand, is that hundreds of thousands of > Venezuelans will be celebrating tonight at midnight because RCTV's > license will have expired. They've been meeting on city squares and > corners throughout Venezuela discussing who owns the air and what > kind of programming they would like on their television sets. They > are asking whether it is truly fair that if you are a millionaire, > you can buy the air space of the people for the next 20 years. > Independent producers will now have a chance to get their programs > shown, without having to obtain the approval of Granier who has been > something of a media dictator in Venezuela. > > Granier is no saint and his channel hasn't been an example of the > heavenly kingdom on earth either. RCTV was taken off the air five > times by Venezuelan administrations before Chavez ever entered the > presidential palace. In 1981, for example, it was taken off the air > for 24 hours because of airing pornographic scenes. > > In 2002, RCTV actively encouraged Venezuelans to march toward the > presidential palace in order to participate in a coup that was taking > place to overthrow the democratically elected president. Marciel > Granier gave clear instructions to the managing producer of > Venezuela's most watched news program on the day of the coup that he > should not give any information about President Chavez. Actions like > this would not be tolerated by the FCC in the U.S. > > However, when Chavez returned to power a few days later, no reprisals > were taken against the channel. > > No, May 27 is not a sad day for freedom of expression in Venezuela, > so don't weep for Mr. Granier when RCTV's license is not renewed. He > can still broadcast through cable or satellite and he can still sell > his programming to other stations. Instead, rejoice with all the > independent producers and thousands of Venezuelan who will have > access to the space one wealthy man controlled for years. May 28 will > be a day of celebration in Venezuela. It should be a day for > celebrating freedom throughout the world. > > (You can now order the book, Cowboy in Caracas, A North American's > Memoir of Venezuela's Democratic Revolution, at bookstores, online, > or directly from Curbstone Press.) > > http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2007/5/27/162742/757 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
