Chavez to Tighten Media Control

[Toro]

Hugh is doing his best to continue to shut down media outlets critical of his government.

Venezuela's telecommunications chief announced a new probe into a television station opposed to President Hugo Chávez's government on Saturday, and said 29 broadcasters will soon face closure.

Diosdado Cabello said the most recent investigation into Globovision, the sixth in eight months, was opened because the channel allegedly broadcast a ticker strip of text messages from viewers calling for a coup.

"If you call for a coup d'etat, if you call for an assassination, assume the responsibility," Mr. Cabello said. ...

Mr. Cabello added that 29 unspecified broadcasters under investigation by regulators "will soon leave" the airwaves. Since July, regulators have shut down 32 radio stations and two small television stations while opening probes of more than 200 others.

Media groups and human rights activists accuse Mr. Chávez's government of trying to stifle dissent. The government denies it is targeting media for political reasons, saying the stations under investigation have broken broadcasting regulations.

Venezuela Probes Anti-Chávez TV - WSJ.com

 

[The T]

If Obama has his way? We will soon be there too.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

One's intelligence is inversely related to the intensity one believes Obama is a communist.

Only surpassed by the relationship between ignorance and those who believe Obama is actually in charge.

 

[Toro]

One's intelligence is inversely related to the intensity one believes Obama is a communist.

Only surpassed by the relationship between ignorance and those who believe Obama is actually in charge.

Yes, that's right. It's the Bilderbergs, the Illuminati, the liberal media, the Queen, da Joos, the Fed, the Rothschilds, the Warburgs who are actually in charge.