Certificate of Advanced English B- Citizenship Today
The Ugly Truths
Martínez, Ma. del Carmen
a proper conclusion of what the real truth is. But why should we accept what the media says? We must fight for our rights as citizens to have an objective view from the media on the newsitems that really matter to us and to our country. This government attempted, some time ago, to change this with the ‘media law’.
To sum up, we should not only fight for our rights but also investigate and draw our oun conclusions.
(Law 26522 of Audiovisual Communication Services, commonly known as Media Law, is a law that establishes rules to govern the operation and distribution of licenses for radio and television media in Argentina.
In August 2009, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner sent to the National Congress a new project to replace the old Broadcasting law. However, Clarin group systematically challenged the application of four sections of the Act (41,45,48 and 161) by using successive precautionary measures questioning those aspects that limited the accumulation of air television and cable licenses).