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Venezuela's Contrarian TV Station Survives on YouTube
carlos_J writes "Ars Technica is running a story about RCTV, a Venezuelan television station whose broadcast license was refused renewal by the government. In response, the station turned to YouTube to get its message out. Says Ars, 'El Observador clips have been seen 175,000 times since May 28, and the channel is currently the most-subscribed channel of the week. While putting the station's shows on YouTube is an excellent idea, YouTube still lacks anything near the reach of over-the-air broadcasts. But the use of the site to avoid censorship is growing, and it's not hard to imagine a day in the near future when the site (or sites like it) becomes as essential as local TV stations. As that happens, YouTube will come into even more conflicts with governments that have an interest in controlling what their citizens see, It's already happening--Thailand's king, for instance, has a thing for iPods but isn't too keen on YouTube. Will Hugo Chavez show more tolerance? '"
The fastest route to bringing Venezuela back to reality is simply to stop buying Citgo products. Dry up the money. Dry up Chavez...
you guys are so brain wash by american media.. please go find your sources of the truth on independent media inside the US or in another country... everyone knows that US mass media twisted information and show us mexican images not from Venezuela.. also that the mayority of the people supports this decision and they are not shutting it down only not renewing is public license, since they are not unbiased, so they have to move to cable or satellite totally understandable.. LOL I can't believe people is falling for this one.. http://www.iacenter.org/Venezuela/venez_media0607. html
read the facts!
I thought we were supposed like Chavez because he is anti-American but now he is anti-You Tube and I just don't know what to do!!!
Principle #1: The Left represents the Good and the Righteous.
Principle #2: The Right represents Evil and Totalitarianism.
Therefore, one needs to support the Left and oppose the Right *on principle*, whatever their specific actions.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
Tolerance? I think you are missing some information.
RCTV are the bad guys here! RCTV tried to overthrow Chavez government, allied with the big oil and oil-related companies.
Regardless of that, he is not revoking their license, it just naturally expired, and he refuses to renew it.
If the CNN backed up by some big corporations and economic groups tried to hit the white house, creating a state of general agitation in the USA, you would be calling them "Unamerican" and the FBI would shut down the place immediately.
That's exactly what happened in Venezuela, and what Chavez did was absolutely WRIGHT.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?