Ecuador: Public Media was a propagandist tool during Correa’s term in office

Public media was ‘expensive propaganda’ during Correa years, government says
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Ecuador’s director of government-owned media lashed out Tuesday at the management of public newspapers and television stations during the Rafael Correa administration.
Public media director Andres Michelena

“What happened during the past 10 years is disgraceful,” said Andrés Michelena. “The public media was handled in a propagandistic, deceitful and mediocre manner that cost the tax payers millions of dollars. Just as bad, professional quality was sacrificed in the interest of selfish political interests.”

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Michelena highlighted the management of the government-owned Gamavisión television station, which he claims misled employees to believe they were shareholders in the company. “The directors told the workers that they would be owners of a profitable business but, in fact, they guaranteed that it would fail,” he said. Due to government borrowing and mismanagement, he says Gamavisión today carries a debt of $17 million with a small viewership.