Mexico: New Media Law Ignites Political Debate

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
PROGRAM #11245 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. 

A New Media Law Ignites Political Debate. The Government is proposing guidelines for radio and television content, requiring media outlets to clearly distinguish among news, opinion, and commercial advertising, prevent the spread of fake news, appoint an audience ombudsperson, and adopt a code of ethics. Corporate media in Mexico have a long history of corruption and co-optation. Supporters of the initiative hail it as an effort to empower the public. Critics denounce it as an attempt at censorship. Analysts comment on these and other news.

Guest: Gabriel Sosa Plata, Director of Mass Communication, Autonomous Metropolitan University-UAM, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo; Mexico’s Interior Minister, Rosa Icela Rodriguez; Martha Alicia Tudon, Digital Rights Coordinator at the organization Artículo 19; Jorge Bravo, President of the Mexican Association for the Right to Information (Amedi); Enrique Pavón Baños, Executive Secretary of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission; and Adriana Labardini Inzunza, Attorney and former Commissioner of the Federal Telecommunications Institute.

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