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Robert Mcchesney defends Chavez shutdown of tv stations- government control advocate of news outlets

Posted By admin On 12. October 2009 @ 10:28 In gov news, christian news, obama news, blog news, world news, US News, Freedom News | 1 Comment

Robert Mcchesney defends his hero, Hugo Chavez, shutting down the last resistance to tyranny

[1] http://www.ivorytowerz.com/2007/06/unplugging-rctv-analyzing-aftermath.html

For those who may be unfamiliar with McChesney, he is [2] the leading academic voice against corporate media in the United States. But he’s a late-comer when it comes to Latin America. So, he’s brought along co-author Mark Weisbrot of the [3] Center for Economic and Policy Research to give him some heft internationally.

Their [4] article arguing for the RCTV shutdown hinges on three main arguments, which are mostly correct. But their final point veers off to repeat almost word for word the stand of the Chavez government, that RCTV can establish a cable or satellite network and that Venezuela has better conditions for free expression now than even the United States.

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URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.ivorytowerz.com/2007/06/unplugging-rctv-analyzing-aftermath.html: http://www.ivorytowerz.com/2007/06/unplugging-rctv-analyzing-aftermath.html
[2] the leading academic voice against corporate media: http://www.amazon.com/Problem-Media-Communication-Politics-Twenty-First/dp/15836
71056/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6155680-3076760?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181492088&sr=8-1
[3] Center for Economic and Policy Research: http://www.cepr.net/
[4] article: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/01/1607/

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