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Venezuela: eat the press : Comments
By Rodrigo Acuña, published 21/6/2007Venezuela's coup plotters were aided and abetted in their efforts to overthrow the Chávez Government by the media.
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They don't ban television stations like the ABC; they just bring in censorship laws:
“Australia’s media continues to be muzzled by the authoritarian actions of government and an
Anti-disclosure culture determined to manage and control information,” said Alliance federal
Secretary, Christopher Warren.
http://www.alliance.org.au/images/stories/070510pr_press_freedom_committee.pdf
Also the National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA)
"In response to the announcement by the Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock that the government will not make the changes to sedition laws recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), NAVA has joined with others in the legal, arts and media sectors to demand changes needed to guarantee freedom of expression. Our concern is especially for artists and other creators however, this principle applies for all Australians."
http://www.visualarts.net.au/campaigns/current/freedomofexpressionsedition
And this is what Amnesty International says about Australia's record.
"The Australian Government has responded to the threat of terrorism by introducing laws that undermine the human rights of Australians. The new laws create offences relating to terrorist activity but do not adequately define many of the activities they are supposed to prohibit."
http://www.amnesty.org.au/Act_now/campaigns/human_rights_and_security
Australia prohibits media with a similar outcome only it uses the "war against terror" as an excuse. The problem with this excuse is we are not even sure who the enemy is. We are still left with the draconian laws here and there is very little criticism that media is allowed to disclose or discuss freely about the current Australian Government.
I suspect we will be all utterly shocked at what we find, after the Howard regime is forced out of office. So much information is not allowed out.
The criticism to Venezuela is predictable. You could time it like clockwork. The agenda against a leftist Government has a huge motive, resources, money and power to get what ever the multinationals want.