Demise of Ecuador’s only weekly magazine

Posted on September 1, 2013 • Filed under: Ecuador

NYTIMES.COM reported… “Vanguardia represented a breath of air in an environment that was becoming more and more asphyxiating, where nearly the totality of media outlets have stopped doing investigative journalism,” Mr. Calderón said. With the silencing of Vanguardia, he said, “the country loses the possibility of having a different version than the official version.”
In the interview, Mr. Correa said the closing of Vanguardia was an example of how the new law would make the media better. “That the bad press should disappear, of course that’s good for society,” he said. “The more good press there is the better.” And who decides which press is good and which is bad? “Society, through this law,” Mr. Correa said. “Telling the truth, that’s the good press. Lies, that’s the bad press. There’s no room for confusion there.” Read Article
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