Argentina's media empire Clarín told to sell off holdings by supreme court
Argentina's media empire Clarín told to sell off holdings by supreme court
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's law to limit power of large media companies declared constitutional by supreme court
Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
The Guardian, Tuesday 29 October 2013 15.50 EDT
Argentina's biggest media empire, Clarín, was dealt a blow when the country's supreme court declared constitutional a law passed four years ago by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that obliges it to sell off a large part of its multimedia holdings.
Clarín and critics of the government say the law endangers press freedom and independent reporting. The government says the law is a necessary step towards breaking what it calls Clarín's monopoly of the Argentinian media.
"This is the mother of all battles," said Buenos Aires vice-governor Gabriela Mariotto, a strong promoter of the law – which is seen by Fernández supporters as necessary to "democratise" the media as they claim it is controlled by big business interests.
"Defeat of the Clarín oligopoly," tweeted pro-Fernández social activist Luis D'Elia. "Its lies and operations conditioned democracy."
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/argentina-media-clarin-sell-holdings-supreme-court
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Jorge Rafael Videla, the US-assisted military dictator
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Carolina Herrera de Noble
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