Venezuelan Media Terrorism Conference Denounces Negative Role of Private Media

[Joanne98]

Mérida, March 31, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)- Journalists, communications specialists, and other participants in the Latin American Meeting against Media Terrorism in Caracas last weekend demanded that political leaders in the region put the issue of media terrorism on the agenda of all international forums and meetings in which they participate, according to the "Caracas Declaration," the final collection of the resolutions produced at the conference.

Endorsed by participants from 14 countries, the Caracas Declaration denounces the role of the private media in the toppling of democratic governments across the region, and asserts that "media terrorism is the first expression and necessary condition of military terrorism that the industrialized North employs in order to impose its imperial hegemony and neo-colonial dominion on humanity."

Information should be conceived as a right to be collectively provided, rather than as merchandise or a commodity to be sold, conference participants resolved, iterating a collective commitment to the "ethical exercising of our profession, devoted to the values of real and effective democracy, and to the veracity that is deserved by the diversity of thought, belief, and culture."

A wave of international journalists at the meeting shared the vision of Puerto Rican journalist Nelson del Castillo for a strengthened network of professional press correspondents across Latin America who actively counteract media terror, so as not "to depend simply on the good will" of committed activists in the shadow of private media that "favor the empire."
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[Doctor_J]

1. the media here in the US is a terrorist cabal

they helped immensely in the BFEE's overthrow of the 2000 election, and in point of fact have been instrumental in the fascist takeover since 1994. It started with FoxNews and hate radio, but now Blitzer and Matthews and Williams and Russert are just as big a part of the media SS as the fringe elements. Bringing them to their knees will be a major part of restoring democracy.

[aldo]

2. Wrong answer, better to keep all media outlets small and independent

I consider Chavez to be a beacon of hope in an increasingly fascist world, but IMO, he needs to move away from the standard socialist answers of yesterday. People do not want collectivization or top-down socialism. That's why he lost the last vote. The social justice and economic goals of socialism can be met by other strategies. In this case I would suggest that every newspaper, TV & radio station be independently owned by freestanding companies (no corporte ownership). That way free speech would blossom but no propaganda machine would be allowed to develop. We need that here also.

[classysassy]

3. The pledge

Never to watch fox news,never to watch the sunday morning talking heads.Take the pledge and free your mind.