Posted on 12/07/2004 5:34:01 AM PST by Kitten Festival
07.12.04 | The Government is clearly on a full frontal attack against the media. Only today we heard:
-The Minister of Information said that the Cabinet evaluated the promotion of destabilization by the media, citing his former employer RCTV and local newspaper El Nacional as promoters of destabilization who are minimizing the case making it look like the Government is violating human rights. Well, asked Antonio Lopez, or his parents what they think about this. Or the Guevara brothers. Or the last person who made a phone call to Antonio Lopez. It appears the right to silence people for political gain is above any other right.
-Chavez himself came on and said that with the Muzzle bill, that goes into effect today, mediatic terrorism is over. According to Chavez We have to start stopping the media terrorism that kidnaps our freedom; we have to start democratizing the media. He added that the media can no longer be at the service of mafias, elites, people without country and at the service of imperialism, remember the coup, the media war and the oil sabotage. We have defeated the oligarchic coalition, imperialist, mediatic, thanks to the people of Venezuela".
This from a guy who did not condemn the September 11th. attacks until weeks later?
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