Altermidya: Support ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal, defend press freedom
Altermidya: Support ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal, defend press freedom
Altermidya, the nationwide network of independent and progressive media outfits, stands in full support with the call of thousands of media workers, actors, directors, and employees of ABS-CBN for the renewal of the franchise of the broadcast network, which is set to expire in March.
The heightened threats by the Duterte administration to derail ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal speak volumes of how the president is following the Marcosian game plan to the letter. How can the nation forget how in the early years of the Marcos dictatorship, the regime confiscated TV and radio stations owned by the Lopezes and transferred the control to his cronies?
Now, Duterte is brazenly picking instructions from that same playbook, even suggesting that the owners of ABS-CBN just sell the network, increasing suspicions that he wants the ownership of one of the biggest media networks in the country to go to one of his cronies. There are also reports that the administration will even utilize a plethora of legal tools against the network, starting with impending cases set to be filed by the Office of the Solicitor General.
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