There is a controversy brewing in the Government over a proposed TeleNovela (TV Soap Opera), sponsored by the State Government, to promote tourism in Jalisco.
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MEDIA-MEXICO:
Freedom of the Press?

by Diego Cevallos

MEXICO CITY, Jan 7 (IPS) – In the last seven years in Mexico, 35 journalists were killed and six went missing, 84 media workers filed complaints of insults or attacks in 2007, and in the first few days of 2008, the prestigious independent radio commentator Carmen Aristegui, who has often criticised the powers that be, was fired. Given that outlook, many analysts wonder whether the media in Mexico is really as free as the government of conservative President Felipe Calderón claims.

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