[HCDX] Honduran president orders radio, TV to air government propaganda

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Honduran president orders radio, TV to air government propaganda
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/24/america/LA-GEN-Honduras-
Media.php

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: President Manuel Zelaya has ordered 
private radio and TV stations to broadcast government propaganda to 
counteract what he called unfair coverage of his administration.

Zelaya said Wednesday that all 500 radio stations and 100 television 
stations would be required to simultaneously air conversations and 
interviews with government officials two hours a day, for 10 days 
straight. Broadcasters said the transmissions were to start Monday 
between 10 p.m. and midnight.

Under Honduran law, the government may order broadcasters to air 
messages that are deemed to be of importance to the country.

"We find ourselves obligated to make this decision to counteract the 
misinformation of the news media about our 17 months in office," 
Zelaya told a news conference in the Caribbean city of La Ceiba, where 
he was inaugurating a water treatment plant.

The College of Journalists, a trade organization with more than 1,200 
members, said Zelaya should speak to the media about his 
administration's accomplishment instead of resorting to an ineffective 
tactic commonly used by military governments that ruled Honduras 
from 1956 to 1982.
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Zelaya criticized the press earlier this month, saying that "the owners of 
this country ... are the owners of the news media, groups with great 
economic power and personal interests that focus on exploiting 
(Honduras') political and social problems."

In April he unsuccessfully asked Congress to outlaw publishing reports 
on violent crimes, saying the press is interested in "glorifying evil to 
make money."

The leader of the opposition Innovation and Unity Party, Olban 
Valladares, said Thursday that Zelaya "is nearing authoritarianism" with 
the new measure.

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