Reporters Without Borders Lies About Venezuela

[Reporters Without Borders (RWB) alleges Globovisión, a "privately-owned news channel", in Venezuela is being "hounded by the government and the administration." However, contrary to what RWB asserts, the reality is different and has been carefully avoided by the French organization for "the defense of press freedoms."]

Reporters Without Borders Lies About Venezuela

July 13th 2009, by Salim Lamrani - Znet

On May 29, 2009, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) published an open letter to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in which the organization denounced the government's actions againstGlobovisión, a "privately-owned news channel", alleging it was being "hounded by the government and the administration." According to the Paris-based organization, Globovisión was being "targeted by official proceedings that could lead to it being taken off air for 72 hours" for "quoting statistics provided by the US Geological Survey"¹while reporting on the May 4, 2009 earthquake.¹ Venezuelan authorities are accusing the channel of "violating Article 29 of the Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television (Ley RESORTE), which sanctions media outlets that ‘promote, justify or incite war; promote, justify or incite disruption of public order.'"  RWB asks: "In what way does reporting on an earthquake, however poorly, fit within this definition of an offense?"² Presented in this way, the matter might shock international public opinion. However, contrary to what RWB asserts, the reality is different and has been carefully avoided by the French organization for "the defense of press freedoms." 

(click here to view entire article)