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Chavez minister vows more Venezuela radio closings
Reuters ^ | 09-05-2009 | Eyanir Chinea and Frank Jack Daniel

Posted on 09/06/2009 3:10:18 AM PDT by VOA

Chavez minister vows more Venezuela radio closings

* Radio stations to be pulled after 34 closed in August
* Critics say hits free speech, government says democratic

* Anti-Chavez TV network in the spotlight over coup rumor

CARACAS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Venezuela will pull the plug on
29 more radio stations, a top official in President Hugo Chavez's
government said on Saturday, just weeks after dozens of other
outlets were closed in a media clampdown.

Infrastructure Minister Diosdado Cabello closed 34 radio stations
in July, saying the government was "democratizing" media ownership.....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; chavez; communists; dictators; fairnessdoctrine; lloyd; venezuela
Excerpted as I don't know policy on Reuters' articles...
1 posted on 09/06/2009 3:10:19 AM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA

I know this article has been posted...but after clicking on the link
here at FR about 10 times...”Page Not Found”.

Thus I do this repost.
And here’s another direct link to the Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSN0520744720090905


2 posted on 09/06/2009 3:11:55 AM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA

I know this article has been posted...but after clicking on the link
here at FR about 10 times...”Page Not Found”.

Thus I do this repost.
And here’s another direct link to the Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSN0520744720090905


3 posted on 09/06/2009 3:11:55 AM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA

Mark Lloyd, our new diversity czar wants obama to go the same route as chavez.

Van Jones out, next Mark Lloyd...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWXMnBRXYfg&videos=aoLDiUPDbPA


4 posted on 09/06/2009 4:47:40 AM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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To: VOA

This is Exactly what the Obama Administration and his kool aid drinkers want to take place in America.

Hey lefties, this will “NOT” take place in the USA. We’ve been heard and we will “NOT” be silenced!


5 posted on 09/06/2009 5:28:25 AM PDT by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: VOA

A “preview of coming attractions” if Obozo gets his way.

Demand to know where YOUR congressman stands on government control of the media and the Internet.


6 posted on 09/06/2009 5:30:45 AM PDT by Walrus (My congressman is toast in 2010 --- how about yours?)
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To: VOA

I have an idea! Move the antennas over to neighboring Columbia and broadcast from there. Chavez cannot stop the truth!
The dictator will eventually lose.


7 posted on 09/06/2009 8:21:47 AM PDT by orinoco
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To: orinoco

Obama watches in envy.


8 posted on 09/06/2009 8:23:40 AM PDT by aimhigh
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