http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:14:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1369400 Global Voices Online » Venezuela: Blogger Picks Political “Oops” Moments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:57:55 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/#comment-1369400 [...] 6. “On my knees, I ask you, President: return RCTV to us. I symbolize the people,” phrase from actor Franklin Virgüez, while kneeling to ask that the private channel's signal to be renewed. [...] [...] 6. “On my knees, I ask you, President: return RCTV to us. I symbolize the people,” phrase from actor Franklin Virgüez, while kneeling to ask that the private channel's signal to be renewed. [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1184956 A blogger Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:04:43 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/#comment-1184956 I am a blogger and I am not mobilizing for RCTV. Not only is RCTV a white supremacist TV station it also was instrumental in the 2002 coup that killed dozens of people in Venezuela. It also has called for the assassination of Venezuela's elected President. RCTV can use the private air waves. Why should the Venezuelan public give its public airwaves to a station that promotes hatred and terrorism? Why don't you people ever call for freedom of the speech when pro chavez or prov aristide journalists are killed? You just go around following reporters without borders and the freedom house. Did you know freedom house is largely financed by the US government/ State Department. See http://www.haitianalysis.com/human-rights/the-freedom-house-files I am a blogger and I am not mobilizing for RCTV. Not only is RCTV a white supremacist TV station it also was instrumental in the 2002 coup that killed dozens of people in Venezuela. It also has called for the assassination of Venezuela’s elected President. RCTV can use the private air waves. Why should the Venezuelan public give its public airwaves to a station that promotes hatred and terrorism? Why don’t you people ever call for freedom of the speech when pro chavez or prov aristide journalists are killed? You just go around following reporters without borders and the freedom house. Did you know freedom house is largely financed by the US government/ State Department. See
http://www.haitianalysis.com/human-rights/the-freedom-house-files

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1182650 Argentine Eggheads: "Disinformation" in RCTV Campaign « The New Market Machines Tue, 29 May 2007 19:56:24 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/#comment-1182650 [...] As it happens, GVO appears to have someone else doing Venezuela coverage now. The latest posting: Venezuela: Bloggers Mobilize For and Against the End of Transmission of Radio Caracas Television. [...] [...] As it happens, GVO appears to have someone else doing Venezuela coverage now. The latest posting: Venezuela: Bloggers Mobilize For and Against the End of Transmission of Radio Caracas Television. [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1182620 Diablo Rojo » Blog Archive » Patterns of Revolution Tue, 29 May 2007 16:20:47 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/#comment-1182620 [...] From Global Voices: Venezuela: Bloggers mobilize for and against the end of transmission of Radio Caracas Television. [...] [...] From Global Voices: Venezuela: Bloggers mobilize for and against the end of transmission of Radio Caracas Television. [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1182435 …My heart’s in Accra » Thank you, Internet Tue, 29 May 2007 03:55:04 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/#comment-1182435 [...] seen at Global Voices as well - a great deal of strong opinion on both sides of the story. Luis Carlos Diaz translates multiple comments from a 2000-post thread on blog directory to2blogs.com, both in support of RCTV and challenging their past actions. [...] [...] seen at Global Voices as well – a great deal of strong opinion on both sides of the story. Luis Carlos Diaz translates multiple comments from a 2000-post thread on blog directory to2blogs.com, both in support of RCTV and challenging their past actions. [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/comment-page-1/#comment-1177667 Kira Sun, 27 May 2007 19:38:32 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/27/venezuela-bloggers-mobilize-for-and-against-the-end-of-transmission-of-radio-caracas-television/#comment-1177667 The matter is not whether RCTV participated or not on the coup against Chávez 4 years ago. The reality is that no prosecution at any court has been made to judge according to the law the role of this channel in that coup and a punishment if any that desserve for that. At that time RCTV didn't transmit the events that were taking place on the 12 and the 13 of april the following days of the coup as well as the other 3 private TV stations Televen, Globovision and Venevisión. But the owner of Venevision had a meeting with Chávez with the mediation of Jimmy Carter at the time of the referendum and obviously an agreement was made as after that meeting Venevisión stopped to do any criticism of the president and government performances. yesterday the Supreme Tribunal of Justice approved a disposition where allows the government to use all the transmitors, and infrastructure that belongs to RCTV to broadcast to the whole country. Also ordered the FAN, militar forces to take over the installations to protect them and guarantee the trasnmission of the new public channel , while assuring RCTv that they still will be owning that property (!?). On top one of the major competitor of RCTV and also a channel participant of the blackout of the information regarding the events of the 12 and 13 of april of the coup when Chávez was restored in power got the concesion of their signal renewed today for 20 years. What is obvious is that Chávez in punishing not the participation on the information blackout but the continious dissident voice and criticism in opposition of the editorial line of this channel. Autocensorship is also starting to work as one very well known journalist was fired of her job in a minor TV station because she participated on the demonstraton in favor of RCTV. 80 per cent of venezuelan reject the decission of the president completely arbitrary as he acted as judge, jury and executor, overlooking and passing over any legal procedures, and prosecution through regulary channels. In Venezuela we don´t have anymore autonomous powers and the president word is now the law. The fear is that now with the state taking power over the phone company that covers all the nation and hold the access of internet this will be regulated as well and censorhip and blocking of access to content will start sooner than later. The matter is not whether RCTV participated or not on the coup against Chávez 4 years ago. The reality is that no prosecution at any court has been made to judge according to the law the role of this channel in that coup and a punishment if any that desserve for that. At that time RCTV didn’t transmit the events that were taking place on the 12 and the 13 of april the following days of the coup as well as the other 3 private TV stations Televen, Globovision and Venevisión. But the owner of Venevision had a meeting with Chávez with the mediation of Jimmy Carter at the time of the referendum and obviously an agreement was made as after that meeting Venevisión stopped to do any criticism of the president and government performances. yesterday the Supreme Tribunal of Justice approved a disposition where allows the government to use all the transmitors, and infrastructure that belongs to RCTV to broadcast to the whole country. Also ordered the FAN, militar forces to take over the installations to protect them and guarantee the trasnmission of the new public channel , while assuring RCTv that they still will be owning that property (!?). On top one of the major competitor of RCTV and also a channel participant of the blackout of the information regarding the events of the 12 and 13 of april of the coup when Chávez was restored in power got the concesion of their signal renewed today for 20 years.
What is obvious is that Chávez in punishing not the participation on the information blackout but the continious dissident voice and criticism in opposition of the editorial line of this channel.
Autocensorship is also starting to work as one very well known journalist was fired of her job in a minor TV station because she participated on the demonstraton in favor of RCTV.
80 per cent of venezuelan reject the decission of the president completely arbitrary as he acted as judge, jury and executor, overlooking and passing over any legal procedures, and prosecution through regulary channels. In Venezuela we don´t have anymore autonomous powers and the president word is now the law.
The fear is that now with the state taking power over the phone company that covers all the nation and hold the access of internet this will be regulated as well and censorhip and blocking of access to content will start sooner than later.

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