Using Billions in Government Cash, Mexico Controls News Media – The New York Times

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Using Billions in Government Cash, Mexico Controls News Media

Federal and state officials wield huge budgets for public advertising to dictate news coverage, routinely telling outlets what they should — and should not — report.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/world/americas/mexico-press-government-advertising.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

“If a professional reporter wants to cover the dirty elements of what is happening in the country today, neither the government nor private companies will give them a penny,” said Enrique Krauze, a historian who edits Letras Libres, a Mexican magazine that receives some government money. “This is one of the biggest flaws in Mexican democracy.”