With ABS-CBN shutdown, academe sees ‘shades of martial law’
With ABS-CBN shutdown, academe sees ‘shades of martial law’
ABS-CBN’s closure extinguishes the brightest light in our information firmament and leaves smaller ones in darkness and peril.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Several universities issued statements condemning the shutdown of media giant ABS-CBN.
Ateneo de Manila University President Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ said, “We, the Ateneo de Manila University, see in the forced shut down of ABS-CBN, shades of martial law almost 50 years ago, when the airwaves went silent as the dictatorship sought to quell the free exchange of news, information and commentary.”
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